In the dock, Ryerson put out his hand and took Ayesha’s, it was all he could reach of her, but it was enough.
“I’ll see that Stephen Garrick is cared for,” Narraway said quietly. “I think we owe his father that.”
Pitt nodded, still looking at Vespasia. “It will be done,” he said with absolute conviction. “And Martin Garvie will watch over him.”
Narraway looked up at Ryerson, and something of the tension in his body softened and a burden inside him seemed to ease.
About the Author
ANNE PERRY is the author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England. Her William Monk novels include Death of a Stranger and The Shifting Tide. Among her novels featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt are the New York Times bestselling Southampton Row and Long Spoon Lane. With No Graves As Yet, also a New York Times bestseller, Perry began a new miniseries set during World War I. Her short story "Heroes" won an Edgar Award. Anne Perry lives in the Scottish Highlands. Visit her website at www.anneperry.net.
