ALEXANDER, MEG - THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS by passionate friends.txt the

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Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

but you don’t know him. He means to devote his life to helping others.”

This sanguine belief was not echoed in the library below.

“You have news?” Dan had scarcely been able to contain himself until he was out of earshot of the servants.

“Yes! There have been developments. I thought it best to meet our Runner in a coffee house.” Sebastian gave the younger man a hard look. “You will keep this to yourself, of course?”

“Of course! But tell me what has happened…” “Truscott returned to the parish of St. Giles. He spent the day in a certain house. When he emerged it was to conduct a funeral.”

“Outside his own parish?”

“Unusual, perhaps, but nothing out of the way, except that one of the mourners was well known to our man. His name is Margrave.”

Dan looked mystified. “You’ve heard of him?” “So has half the world. Dick Margrave is a well-known forger. There were ugly turnouts. He escaped the noose by a whisker. He was due for transportation when he disappeared.”

“Our quarry keeps strange company,” Dan observed.

“There is more. Truscott was well muffled, but at the graveside he was forced to reveal his face. He appeared to have been beaten…”

“A quarrel among thieves? I’m only sorry that they didn’t kill him.”

“You are jumping to conclusions, Dan.”

“Am I? If he’d been attacked by strangers, why did he stay in “the Rookery”? The obvious course would have been to lay a complaint before the magistrates. Instead, he conducts a burial?”

“One must wonder, of course. My man attempted to discover the identity of the two corpses, but he was unsuccessful. Paupers’ graves are unmarked.”

“He might have questioned the other mourners.” “Impossible! Margrave keeps his eye upon the three of them. He is suspicious of all strangers, and would probably, have recognised our man.”

“Well, why do we wait? If this Margrave is a felon he must be given up to the law.”

“And lose Our best chance of success? No, we must wait longer for certain proof of our belief that there is something wrong here.” Sebastian paused. “When Truscott left them he went on to the house in Seven Dials.”

Dan’s eyes scanned his face. “You do suspect him, don’t you?” he said earnestly. “Let me tell you what I learned today.”

He went on to describe the strange girl who had accosted Judith in Piccadilly, and given her the cryptic message.

“Now, Seb, you’ll agree there’s something smoky here? Why should Trnscott mention Judith to these beggars in the first place? The relief of poverty should be his affair. And to send a message to her in this way…? Why could he not write to her himself?. I may tell you I don’t like it!”

Sebastian liked it even less, but he decided to keep the rest of his information to himself. The Bow Street Runner had kept track of him for some time, and a full description of Margrave’s previous activities had been disquieting.

Sebastian had heard of him, but only as a forger.

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