A Head for Murder by Peter Tonkin

Author:Peter Tonkin [Tonkin, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sharpe Books
Published: 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00

`So, what have you learned from your first visits to these smithies?' demanded Kate, the woman in her emerging unsettlingly from within the tight-bound and girdled apprentice boy.

`The first thing — the most important thing — that we must look to is security,' said Tom. 'Both shops have heavy, well-set doors at the back that would prove a considerable barrier to anyone with robbery in mind. These doors are locked at all times, and are hidden from casual inspection. We have, with your father's help, Guillem, set up our shop and smithy well, but the gold he has lent us to further our deception and our investigation will stand at some little risk unless...' He crossed to the door at the side of the parlour where they sat looking out across the balcony to the ships at anchor in the Pool and rattled the handle of the door there. 'Light and easy to break through,' he observed. 'Who but a Kentish invader would want to steal wool?' He laughed. Then his face went sober again, and thoughtful. 'And, talking of Kentish invaders, I must this afternoon make contact with the third Bridge-dweller who must be confederate to our plans. Thus from tonight everything will be laid and ready — with scant days left to find the truth and settle the matter before Her Majesty comes over the Bridge, and under the shadow of the axe.'

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