CHAPTER 25
It had been a relief to reach the library. An angry Cruikshank was a fearsome sight, all the more so when it was the first thing one saw upon waking up. Rory had already left for the day, leaving Longinus behind — again. He tried to reason that she might have simply been trying to get away from the angry machinist.
Longinus thought of the previous night’s thrill, when he and Rory had been working together, chasing after the smuggling convoy. We’re a team. Even if Rory wasn’t here right now.
He took a breath and focused once more on the papers in front of him. The turtleshell lampshade of the Damsport library cast mottled brown-green shapes on the papers and on his hands. He had been rooting around in papers all day, following trails of forms and records, trying to establish w
