The Bride Of Windermere. Margo Maguire. Читать онлайн. Newlib. NEWLIB.NET

Автор: Margo Maguire
Издательство: HarperCollins
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Here, reach thus.” She got Kit to stand on the footstool, and now the old woman was making her reach outside the window. “Pull and tug gently. Your fingers will find the prize.”

      Agatha’s antics were beginning to annoy Kit, and she wished she had never come up to the old lady’s room. To humor the old woman, Kit played along, although she couldn’t help but wonder where this game would lead. Then, as she was about to pull her arm back inside, her hand happened upon the loose brick.

      Carefully, Kit pulled the stone away and turned around to hand the heavy piece to Agatha.

      “That’s it! That’s it! The rooster will broil for lunch!”

      Kit reached back outside and put her fingers into the gap. There, she felt a canvas cloth holding something solid, heavy and metal, about the size of a large coin. She pulled it out to see that it was a large, ornate ring: a seal on which was engraved a peacock, its feathers fully extended.

      “Whose signet is this?”

      “’Tis the seal of Bartholomew Colston, once lost, once stolen, only to be made anew and different, too.”

      “Your riddles baffle me, good woman. Can you not speak plainer?”

      “Show it only to the wolf and no other, else harm will come to you.”

      Exasperation finally overcame her efforts at good will. “Well, I think I’ll just leave this little treasure here,” Kit said as she returned the seal to the niche in the wall. Why the woman was hiding it from Philip was no concern of hers, and she didn’t want to get involved in their dispute.

      “No!” Agatha hissed. “You must take it! Conceal it and show it to no one but the wolf.”

      “Please, Lady Agatha,” Kit said even as she reluctantly retrieved the seal again. “I have no wish to enter into your personal affairs with your son. I—”

      “Do not call that vulture my son! He is not of my blood!”

      “Well, whoever he is, perhaps you ought to give him back his seal, if that’s what this is.” Kit tried to hand it to the woman, but she closed Kit’s fingers around it.

      “Why do you refuse to understand?” Agatha demanded in frustration. “Take it! Hide it! The wolf will know what to do with it!”

      Kit sighed. She took the iron seal, picked up the candelabra and wrapped herself again in the blanket. “All right, Lady Agatha,” Kit said reluctantly. “I’ll do it.” Returning to the hidden door, Kit turned back to Lady Agatha, who appeared satisfied.

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