The Twisted Sword: A Novel of Cornwall 1815 by Winston Graham

Author:Winston Graham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

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George would not, of course, have considered for a moment using any illegal means for bringing Carrington down. Only once in his life had he sanctioned violence against a man – that was Jud Paynter who had betrayed him after taking money from him at the trial of Ross Poldark – and he had afterwards regretted it. He might have a fearsome reputation in some quarters – and he was proud of it – but it was not the reputation of a man who broke – or even bent – the law.

To ‘assist’ the law was quite a different matter. He had often assisted the law, and there was no reason on this occasion to give up the attempt because there was no real evidence for what he knew to be the truth. Besides, a man who risked his neck to steal money from a stage-coach might well have committed other criminal acts in the past for which he could more easily be brought to book. If the fox escaped from one lair you might trap him in another. Carrington’s past life was shrouded in mystery. Mr Trembath had been instructed to write to a fellow lawyer in Bristol who was to be invited to make inquiries.

Also there was still the question of Stephen’s accomplices in the raid: two at least, one a woman. Who were his closest associates, or had been at that time? Clowance could not have been the woman, for she had been thin and dark. Andrew Blamey (another Poldark!) had been very thick with Carrington for some while and was notorious for being in debt. Inquiries had shown that it was impossible for him to have taken part in the robbery, but he might know something about it and George had noticed that he talked very freely when the wine was in him. He must be encouraged to come to Cardew more frequently, however distasteful it might be to entertain yet another Poldark.

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