Oxford Whispers by Marion Croslydon

Author:Marion Croslydon [Croslydon, Marion]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 0957282400
Amazon: B0091UKP0K
Goodreads: 15784247
Publisher: Carlux Publishing
Published: 2012-08-22T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

THE MCCAIN FAMILY had been walking in tall cotton since Napoleon was in knee pants.

Whether Jackson owned the grand merchant’s house here in Oxford or rented it, Madison’s suspicions were confirmed. The Victorian building, its interior in stainless steel and oak, was way beyond the means of a young Christ Church fellow.

She walked on the sanded floorboards to the open fireplace and warmed her hands. Her cursing episode had been the final straw. Her lack of control not only humiliated but scared the shit out of her.

God knew she had been rational about her situation until now. She had researched books at the Bodleian Library, drunk tea with a genealogist, and almost restrained herself from any magic tricks.

The time had come for her to use her powers instead of letting them use her. Whatever the risks to her sanity. She owed it to Robert and Sarah. She owed it to herself and to the LeBon women who had come before her.

Her meeting with Archie Black had brought new material to her research, but it had also raised more questions. So today she intended to contact the ghosts, rather than wait for them.

Robert’s father had wanted him to marry into the aristocracy to solidify his claim to the title. But Robert had been in love with someone else and had opposed the marriage, until he gave in and married the Lady Elizabeth in April 1651.

Maybe Sarah had already been dead and Robert had obeyed his father because he had nothing else to live for. Five months later he died fighting for his king anyway … having sired a bastard of his own.

Good heavenly days. Shakespeare Burton had uncovered a seventeenth-century soap opera.

“I’ve found some matches.” Jackson entered the living room, waving a small box and pulling Madison back to the here and now.

In the journey ahead of her, she needed the support of the person who remained unfazed by her witchy madness, the person who made her powers feel tenfold stronger. To take the next step, Madison trusted Jackson. She wanted to have him by her side and he was eager to learn about her heritage.

“Do we have a plan? I mean, are you clear about what you want to ask?” He was straight to the point.

“I’ve been chewing on what I learned from the genealogist for almost two weeks. There are many questions I need to ask.”

“Like what?”

“Why did Sarah and Robert not get married? And if the rumors of an illegitimate child had been true, was Sarah the mother? Robert might have been an awful womanizer who impregnated women across the Kingdom.”

“Maybe … I wonder how Shakespeare Burton has known about Robert’s story, though.” Jackson took a pause, then continued. “He must have found something, heard something, during his stay at Magway. His inspiration can’t just come from looking at Robert’s portrait. Burton knew more.”

Madison nodded, but this wasn’t a question her ghosts could answer. “I think we should start.”

She opened her satchel and spread its contents on

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