![]() ![]() The man muttered resentfully, “Who needs to be wary of these country bumpkins?” Martha pretended to be very busy slicing the ham on the sideboard. The older woman hissed something at him and glanced warily around the room. ![]() His voice was loud and his accent, Mistress Tilley thought, extremely common. ![]() She was paying little attention to the rather unprepossessing guests she was serving until something the young man said startled her. What with feeling anger at Elspeth Cameron for leading them all on a wild-goose chase, and shame that the Vicar had seen her in such raggletail company, Martha Tilley could not find an attitude to take which would give her exacerbated feelings any comfort. They were being served by a tight-lipped Mistress Tilley, who had not yet come to terms with what had happened the night before at the vicarage. Donner and Adrian Bart were eating dinner in the public room of the Elsingham Arms, Proprietor Jonas Tilley. ![]()
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