The Secret Diary of Thomas Snoop, Tudor Boy Spy by Philip Ardagh

Author:Philip Ardagh [Philip Ardagh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788000567
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Published: 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

I dreamed of The Lady Anna last night and of her twin. For, of course, once I had the chance to clear my mind and think logically, that can be the only conclusion: that there are TWO of them.

I don’t mean that they are literally twins, or sisters, even – though, on the one occasion I saw them, their likeness was extraordinary – but that there is The Lady Anna and one other who is her likeness. A double, like a reflection in a mirror given life. But who is this other Lady Anna? And what does this mean?

Though still keeping my eyes and ears open for anything else out of the ordinary, it seemeth obvious to me that the MOST extraordinary thing I have encountered since my arrival is the two Annas, so I shall make her the centre of my investigation.

Down in the kitchen, I found the one-armed Garble shouting out his orders as usual, and his small army of staff busying themselves like the worker bees in my father’s skeps96.

I greeted him with a wave of the arm as though sent on an errand and with no time to delay, and slipped out into the gardens from a rear entrance.

Despite the early hour, I was not alone. Two men I knew to be Lord Roebuckle and the Most Noble Thomas Casement, Duke of Hampton, were deep in conversation of a seemingly relaxed nature. I was able to catch a snatch of conversation:

“—and, as we passed through Laughton, the wheel shaft of our carriage broke clean in two!” said the duke.

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