Child of the Theatre by Caleb

Author:Caleb
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing

On the journey back to Drury Lane, Mrs Jordan was silent. Sim felt very uncomfortable and, to break the silence, reached into his pocket and withdrew the bag of coins.

“Your money, ma’am. It is all there. In fact, I won fifteen shillings.”

“You may keep the fifteen shillings,” she said, adding waspishly, “though you did little to deserve it.”

Sim gritted his teeth. “Ma’am. I apologise. I do not know… I mean… I could not…”

“Let us have no recriminations, Sim,” she said. “The incident is closed.”

“Thank you, ma’am.”

They travelled in silence for a few minutes.

Mrs Jordan said, “He must be very athletic to have jumped from the window. We heard nothing.”

Sim nodded in mute agreement, his mind in a turmoil. Suddenly, Mrs Jordan began to laugh. “I don’t think I have ever seen a woman more thoroughly thwarted than Isobel Massingham. I cannot tell you how much it pleased me.”

Sim smiled weakly. “At least,” he said, “he has been warned. He did not believe me. Now, he must.”

“And all our conjecture has been substantiated. Yes,” she agreed. “At least there has been something of good to come out of this fiasco.”

Sim said, “I fear me, ma’am, that they will try again.”

“Oh, yes,” Mrs Jordan agreed. “And again, and again, and again, until…” She sighed.

Sim felt close to tears. “What can I do, ma’am?”

She patted him on the knee. “My dear,” she said, “There is nothing that you can do. But be comforted. He has been warned. He will not be duped a second time.” She sank back into the cushions of the carriage and said, half to herself, “I think his fate is now out of your hands.”

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