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This here Dredmore had claimed he had seen me the first tie in the country could not have looked across a ht One required a heart for such a thing to happen But ould he wishto tempt the browsers?" I said over the open crates

"Always, olders, sweet as honey this year, they are"

I popped the fruit in my mouth and found it to be precisely as she claimed, as well as sun-warmed and remarkably juicy "It’s scru a small paper sack in my hands When I reached for ave er you could use a bit of sweetness today"

That put me on alert "Why’s that?"

She leaned over the crates "Bunch of beaters cael who looks a bit like you They said she lives a goldstone round the corner" When I glanced round she added, "No one knew this gel, ’course, so they went off I heard one of thele’s nest" She straightened and said in a louder voice, "Morning’s a bit chilly, don’t you think, miss? Best cover up until the air warms"

I drew my hood over my head "I will, thank you"

If Inspector Doyle had sent beaters looking for e or to give ht have, if ht have filed a charge against e Although anyone with enough coin to afford one motored about in a carri, horses re blue ever made a circuit of the parks in a carri, and even merchants who could afford a fleet of carris still kept horses as a show of their wealth and status Because of this, horse thieves remained universally reviled by all the citizens of Ruularly sentenced to be whipped in public to serve as a warning to others

Dredmore would love to see ht, my mood dark He’d probably volunteer to ply the whip--

No, he wouldn’t

As ance, Lucien had employed his unsavory methods in an attempt to protect ht, the ht beco

I tookof peaches to a little children’s park three blocks north of thethe walks, but the benches and sandboxes were empty I sat down on a bench half-hidden frolory bush and took out a peach

"North country golders," Doyle said as he sat down beside me "I hear they’re as sweet as honey this year"

"That they are" I took the other peach from the sack and offered to him

We sat and ate the fruit in silence Doyle left s of spiced tea froainst the sides of the hot porcelain before taking a sip

"I ca," Doylenan bend over her pra, they all bore your naed

He blew so "The commissioner would very much like to, ere his wordsoh, yes ‘See that one dragged through the streets by her ankles’"

I turned up ht"

"I also received a very interesting communication from Lord Dredmore" Doyle finished his tea with a fes "It seeht and stole a black gelding froh heavy "How terrible for hi was trained to be ridden only by a lady," Doyle said "And yet no sidesaddle was found to be "

"You know, I think I heard so, too" I pretended to think "Oh, yes One was found at dawn standing outside Halter’s stables Lovely big black fellow, nalanced at him "What a coincidence"

"I’ll send a e and pay Halter for his troubles" He regardedhas been, you will tellkidnapped and held against my will at Morehaven, or after?" I enjoyed the shock on his face "You really should do soht you Yardmen were trained for it"

"Why would Lord Dred ass; I’ for the sa

Oh, and he believes that he’s in love with ht in my head