Heresy by S.J. Parris

Author:S.J. Parris [Parris, S.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780385531290
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2010-09-29T22:00:00+00:00

“Why so?”

“Your new friend Master Norris—I think he stables his horse at Holywell Manor. I saw him heading there this morning.”

Sidney put his head on one side to consider this, and at the same moment I noticed something that made my heart drop like a stone.

“That is a coincidence. The family are well-known, of course,” he continued, ambling back to the window to peer across the courtyard, “but William Napper has always been what we call a church papist—he toes the line, attends service like a good citizen, even if everyone knows he holds a different faith in his heart. It is the younger brother, George, who has gone looking for trouble. He studied in Rheims and is currently detained at the Wood Street Counter in Cheapside. Curious that young Norris should associate with them. I suppose we must keep an eye on him as well.” He turned to face me. “Bruno, are you even listening to me?”

“One moment, Philip.” I was not the neatest of men, but I was certain I had not left the books and papers on the desk in the state of disarray that I now observed. Rising quickly from the bed, I lifted a few sheets to confirm my suspicion, then began frantically rifling through the papers that remained. Someone had already searched my desk; Roger Mercer’s almanac and all the theories I had jotted down about his death were gone.

“Sophia,” I whispered, disbelieving.

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