The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss

Author:David Liss
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
ISBN: 9781588369628
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2011-08-09T10:00:00+00:00

Sophie refused to go with them. When Lucy approached the girl, she simply clung tighter to Byron and turned away.

“This is unworthy of you,” she told him.

He smiled at her. “This is who I am, Lucy. I live by my own law, not the world’s, but I like to believe my code is not without honor. I do not harm or deceive her. She wishes to be with me upon such times I find agreeable, and I cannot tell her that she ought not to wish it.”

“She loves you,” said Lucy. “What will her life be when you walk away with hardly a recollection of her?”

“She knows I will not remain,” he said, “and she chooses to stay.”

They turned to go and Sophie ran over to Lucy, giving her a warm hug. When they broke off, she scribbled something on her slate. Thank you. I will be well.

“I hope so,” Lucy said.

Sophie took her chalk once more, her hand moving quickly over the slate. She held it out, this time at such an angle that, even at a distance, Mr. Morrison would be unable to see. It read, Books sold to Hariet Dier, Kent.

Lucy struggled to keep her face from showing her surprise. She knew at that instant that she would not tell Mr. Morrison. He wanted those pages for his order. He wanted to stop the Luddites. Lucy was still uncertain about the Luddites themselves, and how wholeheartedly she endorsed their cause, but she knew that even if Mr. Morrison wanted to help her, once his order took hold of the Mutus Liber she would never have another chance to take the pages herself.

She hugged Sophie again, wished her well, and departed with Mr. Morrison, adopting his mood of disgust and defeat.

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