An Agent for Diana by Rebecca Connolly

Author:Rebecca Connolly [Connolly, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00

“I thought that was a housemaid leaving a candle unattended,” Diana breathed, her toes curling into the rug beneath her with sudden anxiety.

“It was ruled to be that way, yes,” the sheriff told her. “Maggie O’Donnell lost her position and it was all I could do to ship her out of town before she came to harm. But the truth of the matter was that the feeling among certain parties in town took affront to the adultery and saw that the sinners would burn, quite literally.”

“Stephen could never prove it,” Eliza finished with a slow drum of her fingers against the wood. “He received threats for trying to investigate it, so he had to give it up. And since then, he has had no respect from the town. No one actually shuns us, but in all other respects, we are quite as cast out as the Walshes down the lane.”

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