The Angel Court Affair by Anne Perry

Author:Anne Perry [Perry, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Historical, Mystery & Detective, Retail
ISBN: 9780553391350
Google: 15f2oAEACAAJ
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Publisher: Ballantine
Published: 2015-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

8

PITT SAT AT THE breakfast table, his tea ignored and the toast going cold in his hand. The letter had come by the first postal delivery of the day. Charlotte had brought it from the hall minutes ago. There was one sheet written in a scrawling hand, addressed to him personally. The lines went down at the end, and there were no commas.

Commander Thomas Pitt

I have the self-styled prophetess Sofia Delacruz in my keeping for the time being safe and no more than slightly injured. Well not a lot more. Of course that could change for the better or the worse. This depends on your skill.

You must be aware by now of the nature of her marriage to Nazario Delacruz and the resulting terrible death of his first wife Luisa and of their two little children. If by any chance you are so naïve you do not know of this it is easily verifiable.

Your choice is simple. Find Nazario Delacruz in Toledo, and have him write in detail exactly how Sofia seduced him into betraying his family and abandoning them for her. Publish the account in the personal column of the London Times. I appreciate that he will be reluctant to do this. It will make her a laughingstock and those who previously loved her will end up hating and despising her. Her preposterous religion will crumble into dust.

But on the other hand it will save her life because if she does not then she will die most unpleasantly. The deaths of Cleo and Elfrida were comparatively quick. Hers will not be so.

The decision of course will be her husband’s not yours. You must convey this choice to him. Naturally that will take some time. I will allow you exactly two weeks from the date you receive this letter. If by then I do not see Nazario’s confession of guilt in The Times and believe me I will not be fooled by a fake edition then Sofia will receive the martyrdom she professes to crave.

I don’t think that is what you wish. You are something of a squeamish man and you have a wife and children yourself!

See what you can persuade Nazario to do. We shall discover where his loyalties really lie!

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