The Lake Boy by Adam Roberts

Author:Adam Roberts [Roberts, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781910935859
Publisher: NewCon Press
Published: 2018-07-06T22:00:00+00:00

16th June.

Again the astronomers gathered upon the sward between our house and the church to watch the skies, but tonight there was no repeat of the splendours of the previous night. My brother out with them, the cold air agitating his chest and causing him to cough as regular as a grandfather clock; the sound muffled somewhat by the distance.

17th.

Again tonight. It grows tiresome, and interrupts my sleep.

19th.

News comes today that the King of France has died, Louis Seventeen, and he not yet 13 years of age. I, speaking with Herr Smith, who has again come to observe with the others, asked whether he thought the heavenly display we saw portended such a thing? He thinks not, since the French monarch’s death preceded that date by some days, and that the lights could not have been seen in France – indeed, London itself was too far south to have seen them. ‘Only here, Madam,’ he said, and looked at me most close and intense. He is a queer fellow, and chill, but I do not mislike him.

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