Thaddeus Lewis Mysteries 4-Book Bundle by Janet Kellough

Author:Janet Kellough
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 2015-07-06T00:00:00+00:00

The verdict at the inquest was exactly as the constable predicted, and Nate Elliott was exonerated from any guilt in the death of his brother. The hearing was very short, the coroner seeing no need to belabour the details of a train of events that seemed so straightforward. The jury consisted of some of the same men who had ruled in the previous inquest, and afterward they couldn’t help but point out how prescient they had been.

“Everybody gave us a hard time over our findings,” one of them said, “but now you know we were right — it wasn’t Nate Elliott after all. Was it?”

“What are you going to do about the farm?” Lewis asked Nate as they stood outside the courthouse.

“I don’t want it. It’s got nothing but bad memories for me. I’ll just sell it, I think. But I don’t really want the money either. As far as I’m concerned, it’s tainted. In any event, some of it will be needed to clear up a few of the messes Reuben made. I’d like to put up some sort of gravestone for my imposter, although I don’t have a name to go on it, other than ‘Jack.’ That will do, I suppose.”

“There were a number of other names he used,” Lewis said, “but I don’t think any of them were the name he was born with.”

“I don’t suppose you’ve heard from my erstwhile wife?”

Lewis shook his head. “Not a word. I didn’t really expect to though.”

“If you ever do,” Nate said, “please let me know. I’d like to pay her what Reuben promised.”

“And the rest?”

“Oh, I’ll take enough to give me a stake somewhere else, but I can’t think of anything better to do with the rest of it than give it to Eliza Carr. She’s always been a real friend to me.”

“And it will make a great deal of difference to her,” Lewis said, although he privately hoped that it wouldn’t mean the departure of Sophie from the Temperance House kitchen.

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