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“Now I co the book But that still doesn’t explain why you brought the diary with you to London”

She paused for a“It’s not a di

ary but a ledger It contains at least twenty na from thirty to two hundred pounds In the back is a list of addresses, mostly here in London”

“And you found this at Everleigh?” He ed to his father had it not been for Miss Stoneway’s na before the woman was a patient at Morton Manor

A cool breeze drifted over the his arlanced behind only to meet Lord Stanton’s beady stare

“I didn’t find it, Christian, Jacob gave it towith the letters”

What would Cassandra ith such a thing? “And you’re certain it’s not a diary or a list of people Cassandra met at Morton Manor?”

“No, it’s a record of payments made”

“Perhaps the ledger is the property of Morton Manor, and Cassandra stole it for some reason” Cassandra often behaved irrationally, acted out of spite “Perhaps she used it to bribe one of her lovers”

“Oh, did you get the note I gave to Mrs Parsons?” Rose gripped his arm in a sudden flurry of excitement “She promised she’d send it up to the house”

“I did, and you were right Whether Mr Watson and Cassandra were lovers remains to be seen, but the Reverend Wilmslow is the one rote the letters”

Rose stopped abruptly and turned to face hi hard in her throat “Oh, Christian, I’m so sorry” She placed her hand on his chest, and for a ot where he was “Have you spoken to him?”

Behind thehed discreetly

Christian clasped Rose’s hand, placed it in the crook of his ar relations with Cassandra The man took me for a fool The business about poisonous plants was merely a ploy so he could search the house”

“The children mentioned that the reverend sat with theht they were asleep, he tidied the room”