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the Obscure Ritual Practices and Beliefs of Greater AmbroseSurlesard , with

Special Reference to the Mayday Cycle of Forbidden Rites, by Lord William

Stilby-Nash, 1848.



Gently Father Herrick rescued the document from Olivia's impalement. "Then I

take it you decline to accompany me."



"What? And miss seeing mountains in Sussex?" Olivia chuckled, a marginally

sweeter sound than her abrasive laugh. Then she turned suddenly serious. "Look,
Vicar, I still don't believe thenatter you've dished out about finding this

little gem of the printer's art in a barrow on Portobello Road last Sunday

fortnight, but if you're willing to lay yourself open to the finger of scorn by

mounting an expedition to GreaterWhatsis , who am I to pass up the opportunity

for a bit of an excursion ? I'm at least as keen a preservationist and scholar

of old folkways as yourself, although without half your opportunities for

publication."



"And here I thought you did the work for love, Miss Drummond," the vicar

remarked with rather a nasty insinuating tone. What it was specifically intended

to insinuate remained a mystery, but it was unarguably nasty.



"I think you ought to come with us, Miss Drummond,"Telemachus put in, none too

boldly. "Certainly after all you've contributed to the interpretation of the

mural. There is a connection to be discovered, I feel it."



"Perhaps," said Olivia, pushing off from the pew and lunging back for the wall