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Chapter Three
Captain Hilary Roding listened with only half an ear to the long-winded report
being given by Sergeant Trodger, his idle gaze wandering over the congested
traffic of Piccadilly and the many pedestrians weaving a hazardous path through
it. It consisted of a full-dress coat of
brown flowered velvet, laced with silver; a waistcoat of white satin, likewise
richly embroidered; shoes with red heels, and large diamond buckles; pearlcoloured silk stockings with gold clocks; a muslin cravat, or steen-kirk, as it was
termed, edged with the fine point lace; ruffles of the same material, and so ample
as almost to hide the tips of his fingers; and a silver-hilted sword. He
felt hands tugging at him, mysterious creatures with long
fingers and sharp nails that pulled at his flesh. They began to wrestle fiercely. He added, ‘Also others, but I don’t recall them. The hardest bout I ever had was with a woman—Sally Wells, who was
afterwards lagged for shoplifting. This too shall pass. Lucy Albert?”
“Yes, sir?” She replied, opening the door as Cathy
rose from the couch and Larry stirred from his bed. The ragged edge. ”
“A—what?” Anna asked. She cut a deep gash into her own arm with a steel screw,
loosing drops of her own blood onto the floorboards. When he awoke, it was late in the day; but though
he heard voices outside, and now and then caught a glimpse of a face peeping at
him through the iron grating over the door, no one entered the prison, or held any
communication with him.
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