Murder of a Dead Man (A CHANCE INQUIRY #4) by Holly Newman EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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JUNE 1816, SUMMERWORTH PARK, KENT
Sir James Branstoke slowly laid the letter he’d just received onto his
desk. He unconsciously pinched his lower lip with his thumb and
forefinger as he considered the letter’s contents. It was from Mrs.
Lilias Montgomery. He remembered her from when he and his wife,
Cecilia, were searching for young Christopher Sedgewick. She’d provided
key information that led them to rescue the kidnapped child, the Earl of
Soothcoor’s nephew.
The short, obviously dashed-off letter, heavy with evidence of tearblurred words, stated the Earl of Soothcoor sat in a gaol in Lincolnshire,
charged with murder.
Murder? Soothcoor?
His brow furrowed. Soothcoor was being held over for the next county
assizes. In the meantime, Soothcoor had directed her to contact them for
help. Wise man.
She begged for James and Cecilia to prove Soothcoor’s innocence
before he must appear before a judge. She felt too shattered to explain the
circumstances in a letter. When they came to London, she would explain
everything.
He didn’t like the idea of hieing off to London right now; however,
Soothcoor was a good friend—and more than that—a good man. Of course,
he would assist. That went without saying. But his concern was for his wife.
She’d succumbed to the influenza that had swept through their village
last month with brute force. She’d been so sick for a time that the doctor
warned she might lose their unborn child. By some miracle, she had not,
though the illness lasted days, then weeks. It—along with its lingering
cough—drained her strength and vitality away.
He frowned as he considered Cecilia’s condition. She needed to regain
her strength—for herself and for their child. Her cough lingered, depleting
her energy. Worse, he thought, it sapped her of strength. That was not the
Cecilia he loved, admired, and respected. She remained caught in the
aftermath of her long illness. Could this news rouse her from the illness’s
lethargy?
Either way, she needed to know, and the sooner, the better.
He picked up the letter, rose from his seat, and left the library to find
Cecilia.
“Daniel!” he called to the footman on duty in the hall as he came
clattering swiftly down the marble stairs to the ground floor. “Might you
know where to find Lady Branstoke?” he asked as he strode toward the
footman stationed by the front door.
The footman sharply straightened. “Yes, sir, she is with Cook, taking
baking lessons.”
“Baking Lessons?” James repeated.
“Yes, sir,” said the footman. “Do you wish me to advise her you wish to
see her?”
“No, I’ll go to the kitchen.” His heart lifted at the news of his wife’s
activity. “I want to see what she is learning. This should be interesting.”
He turned toward the back of the house and went through a door under
the staircase that led to a ground-floor servants’ wing of domestic-activity
rooms. That Cecilia was doing something gave him hope for her continued
recovery. Perhaps this letter—dire though it might be—would be the
nostrum for her return to health and energy. He missed his wife’s
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