The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter (2011)
The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter
“This part of the city contained an incoherent mix of buildings, haphazardly constructed, leaning like blowsy lovers into each other.
She saw a rubble-filled alleyway. Picking her way over the remains of a fallen tenement, she searched for a comparatively sheltered spot and tried to ignore the biting cold.
A pair of guards hurried past, their complaints audible. Even in her terrified state, Elizabeth realized that their search was more perfunctory than committed. Had Rand escaped, the ar...ea would have been teeming with lawmen, and she vaguely wondered if she should be insulted by the guards’ indifference.
The last time she had considered the hour, it had been ten o’clock. Now it must be close to one, and yet the poorest Londoners were already stirring from their tenements. A clear-starcher passed, then a washerwoman who carried dirty laundry. Scrambling from the alley, Elizabeth approached the washerwoman.
“I need something warm to wear.MoreLess
She saw a rubble-filled alleyway. Picking her way over the remains of a fallen tenement, she searched for a comparatively sheltered spot and tried to ignore the biting cold.
A pair of guards hurried past, their complaints audible. Even in her terrified state, Elizabeth realized that their search was more perfunctory than committed. Had Rand escaped, the ar...ea would have been teeming with lawmen, and she vaguely wondered if she should be insulted by the guards’ indifference.
The last time she had considered the hour, it had been ten o’clock. Now it must be close to one, and yet the poorest Londoners were already stirring from their tenements. A clear-starcher passed, then a washerwoman who carried dirty laundry. Scrambling from the alley, Elizabeth approached the washerwoman.
“I need something warm to wear.MoreLess
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