Unseemly Science by Rod Duncan

Author:Rod Duncan [Duncan, Rod]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Steampunk, cross-dressing, Gas-Lit Empire, Crime, Investigation, scandal, body-snathers
ISBN: 9780857664280
Publisher: Angry Robot
Published: 2015-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

You will not trick a man until you learn to read him. But you will never trick a man who has learned to read you.

The Bullet Catcher’s Handbook

We had reached the high moorland. Here and there I caught sight of stone- walled enclosures. Sheep pens perhaps. And once, a derelict cottage, its corner tumbled down. Buzzards mewled overhead in a sky that seemed unnaturally vast. The landscape was stark and treeless. Our progress might be seen from miles if anyone was looking.

“It’s strange country,” Julia said.

“God’s own,” said Gideon.

“You believe in a God, then?” she asked.

“Most do that live here. But he can be a cruel bastard, if tha knows my meaning.”

Despite the brightness of the day, a shiver ran across my shoulders.

The path had brought us to the crest of a low ridge. A stone cottage lay ahead, set amid a scatter of outbuildings. A trace of smoke scudded from the single chimney. It was the first sign of civilisation we had seen in hours.

“Is that where we’re going?” I asked.

Peter nodded, then dug in his heels, leading us off down the slope.

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