Beyond the Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy

Author:Jean Plaidy [Plaidy, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780330370202
Goodreads: 817258
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Hush! There is nothing noble about me. Did you not know that? I will see to it that your mother’s irons are struck off. and that she is brought here at once.”

There is Millie too. And Esther… They must all come, or you must give me that chicken and I will take it back and eat it with them.”

“Hal You would be torn to pieces if you went back with that chicken!”

“II Indeed I should not! I can defend myself.”

“That you can, I swear! Oh, Carolan, Carolan, how I love you, Carolan!”

“This is not the time to talk of love! Nor do I admire your light treatment of the subject.”

“How like you! I offer you release from discomfort or comparative release from it and all you offer me in exchange are harshness and cold words.”

“I do not mean to be cold, Marcus … but your flippancy seems out of place.”

“I never felt less flippant in my life. Do you know the thought of your being here makes me burn with rage. You believe that, Carolan?”

“Oh, remember my own folly has brought me here. Please will you have the irons struck off my mother … and could you do the same for Millie and for Esther…?”

“Esther?”

“A poor girl who has become a friend of mine.”

“What! Making friends so soon?”

“If you could see her you would like her. She is innocent, and her case is far more to be deplored than my own.”

“How I adore you, Carolan, for your anger and your enthusiasms, for your harshness and your kindness!”

“Then please make haste, for every moment spent in those irons is torment for my poor mother … and Millie and Esther are so hungry! But… can you do these things?”

“You shall witness the power of money, darling. But first we will have those irons off yourself, for it makes me very angry to see you fettered, Carolan.”

He went to the door. The turnkey appeared immediately. He must have been waiting there, thought Carolan, speculating on further opportunities of earning money.

In a short while all but one pair of irons were struck off Carolan.

“There!” said Marcus.

“You see my power, Miss Carolan! I am a magician … the magician of Newgate. I wave my wand ..” in this case it is coin… and it is as I say!”

“But Marcus …”

“Perhaps you had better call me William, for Marcus was a flippant fellow, never very much to you, your thoughts being all of a certain parson. But William is a different kettle of fish. He came into your life when the parson had left it…”

“How foolishly you talk!”

“No, Carolan! Do you think your parson will marry a wife who has been the guest of Newgate?”

“What difference does that make?”

“A hell of a difference, sweet Carolan, to a parson!”

“Rubbish!”

“Sound sense, sweetheart.”

“Please do not call me by those endearing names. I find it excessively irritating. I want to know … is it true that you are condemned to die?”

“The fate of all who escape from Botany Bay to be caught again generally.

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