The adulteress by Carr Philippa 1906-

Author:Carr, Philippa, 1906-
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New York : Putnam
Published: 1982-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

"Not . . . not exactly. He's still got his house . . . the agent's house, you know. Oh yes, he's still there, but more often at the Court."

"You mean he sleeps there."

"'Twould seem so, Mistress Zipporah. I've seen him coming out in the morning."

"And that is since Lord Eversleigh's seizure?"

"That's right. They never called in Dr. Forster."

"Dr. Forster?" I repeated. The name seemed vaguely familiar.

"He's the new doctor here," went on Jethro. "Been here a year or two now. People like him. He's good, they say. But he wasn't called in to the Court. His lordship sent for his own man."

"Dr. Cabel," I said. "Had he ever visited Lord Eversleigh before?"

"No. Seemingways—so I heard from some of the girls up at the Court—Dr. Cabel was an old friend of his lordship and he sent for him and he being retired from his doctoring like, he stays. They say his lordship won't trust anyone else."

"That is what Jessie Stirling told me. Well, Jethro, what is strange about all this? It seems Lord Eversleigh has had a stroke, as many people do at his age, and he has called in his own doctor."

"I don't know what it be, Mistress Zipporah, but there's something strange about it. I've never been allowed to see his lordship since."

"He has to be kept quiet, I'm told."

"Still, I'm not that noisy. I reckon he'd like to see me. He always did. He'd sleep in the afternoons sometimes and never minded being wakened. He used to say 'Come when you can, Jethro, and if I'm dozing wake me.' I tried to see him ... I crept up there. I know Jessie was out . . . and where, and Dr. Cabel he was out too. . . . But I couldn't get into see his lordship though I tried."

"You mean you went up to his room?"

Jethro nodded. "The door was locked. It was almost as though they were expecting someone to call. I thought it was odd, Mistress Zipporah. And one of the maids who's rather friendly with my grandson told him that Jessie cleans the room herself and none of them is allowed to go in."

"Well, mightn't that be that he is so ill she doesn't want him disturbed?"

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