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    In Walked a Lady: A Francis Bacon mystery short story
    In Walked a Lady: A Francis Bacon mystery short story
    In Walked a Lady: A Francis Bacon mystery short story
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    In Walked a Lady: A Francis Bacon mystery short story

    By Anna Castle

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    Thomas Clarady, Francis Bacon's clerk, tackles a case on his own.When a beautiful young woman comes looking for Bacon's special services, Tom offers himself as a ready substitute. He needs the money and Bacon would probably say no. But as the day progresses, he finds matching wits with the lady and her equally alluring sister to be trickier than he expected.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnna Castle
    Release dateJun 28, 2018
    ISBN9781386161141
    In Walked a Lady: A Francis Bacon mystery short story
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    Anna Castle

    Anna Castle writes the Francis Bacon mysteries and the Lost Hat, Texas mysteries. She has earned a series of degrees -- BA in the Classics, MS in Computer Science, and a PhD in Linguistics -- and has had a corresponding series of careers -- waitressing, software engineering, grammar-writing, assistant professor, and archivist. Writing fiction combines her lifelong love of stories and learning. She physically resides in Austin, Texas and mentally counts herself a queen of infinite space.

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      In Walked a Lady - Anna Castle

      London, 1589

      Tom concentrated on each stroke of his pen, intent on forming each letter identically each time it occurred, maintaining a perfectly level line across the page. His goal was to make this copy look as if it had been printed, partly to stave off the boredom freezing the insides of his skull as stiff as the icicles hanging from the eaves. But mainly because Bacon would notice and recognize it as an unscoldable act of defiance.

      Copying documents was the reason printing had been invented. The tiresome task should therefore never be inflicted on clerks merely to keep them occupied. Tom could think of a thousand things he would rather be doing than making fair copies of Francis Bacon’s advice letters. A thousand and one, even in February — even with no money.

      Bacon would say, if he were to respond to the subtle stab, which he would never do, that he only wanted three copies, not a hundred, and most emphatically did not want every apprentice in St. Paul’s Churchyard reading his letters, which were meant for Queen Elizabeth and a select few of her privy councilors alone.

      Valid objections — barely — but obvious ones, which is why he wouldn’t bother to express them. Nevertheless, Tom’s objection would have been registered, with no waste of breath — another silent point scored.

      He’d just dipped his quill in the inkpot when someone knocked on the door. He called, "Intro!" but kept his eyes on his work. When he felt the puff of chilly air from the landing, he held up his left hand to forestall the visitor — probably Ben — while he continued writing out the quill full of ink. He finished the last word and blew on it

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