"Lee Edgar - Plot 03 - Plot For A King" - читать интересную книгу автора (Edgar Lee)

just thinking...тАЩ
тАШAnd I can guess where - en France, mon fr├иre.тАЩ She sat on his knee. тАШDonтАЩt worry, sheтАЩll be safe
with Carrie. Carrie loves Mary Beth like her own, you know that. She wonтАЩt let anything happen to
her.тАЩ
тАШI know that. ItтАЩs just...тАЩ
тАШYes?тАЩ
тАШItтАЩs just that, IтАЩm afraid that one day she will come out of her shell and...тАЩ
тАШThat will be a good thing, wonтАЩt it? Remember, she is yet fifteen and hasnтАЩt grown up properly.
Soon, she will bloom like a summer rose, then things will work out.тАЩ
He shrugged. тАШI just hope she is in my garden at the time.тАЩ
тАШPessimist!тАЩ Rachel got up and took AntoinetteтАЩs hand. тАШCome and help mummy in the hall.тАЩ
Mother and daughter walked to the doorway where Rachel turned and looked back at him.
тАШPatience, brother dear. Patience.тАЩ


JOHN Henry and Mark got home in time for tea. They had been helping out at the hospital, not a
mile down the road because, with all the men away at the war, help was needed at times and they
all assisted as Carrie had done while she had been there.
тАШThey got away safely?тАЩ the young Lord asked as he removed his boots.
Andrew nodded. тАШSafe and sound.тАЩ
тАШWhat next, then?тАЩ
тАШI must go to Edinburgh to see the Kirk. Charles needs to know exactly where he stands with
them.тАЩ
тАШSurely they have announced that they are prepared to make him a Covenant King?тАЩ spoke up
Mark.
тАШYes, they have. But what are the terms of the Covenant? What will they want Charles to do for
them in return?тАЩ
тАШI have a feeling that Charles will accept almost any conditions right now to be accepted by them
as King,тАЩ said John Henry.
тАШYouтАЩre probably right. But will he live up to those conditions after they have crowned him?тАЩ
тАШHmm. I guess the members of the Kirk must be thinking the same thing.тАЩ
тАШYes. IтАЩm sure they are. He is too like his father who promised them everything and gave them
nothing.тАЩ
тАШIтАЩm sure you are right, Andrew.тАЩ
тАШDinner!тАЩ heralded the voice from the doorway and RachelтАЩs look at Mark brought a twinge to
AndrewтАЩs heart. If only Mary Beth would look at him like that, he thought. Once would be enough.
Just once.



Wednesday 7th February 1649
 It was dark as Andrew arrived at Hellaby in Yorkshire and sat on his chestnut mount beside the
Bawtry Road, looking down upon the small hamlet nestled on the side of the hill. Mark, who had
been there before with Carrie, had given him specific instruction on how to find the little cottage
where his fatherтАЩs cousin lived.
It had seemed so straight forward at first but now he was having his doubts. Would he be
welcomed by ThomasтАЩs widow? After all, it was Royalists who had murdered her husband so she
had no reason to help anyone who was in league with the new King. In addition, father had told
them how his old landlord, Squire Fretwell, had been a staunch Puritan and could well give
Andrew away if the truth were to come to his ears. Rotherham, the main town nearest to here