Chapter 6Joshua raced up the stairs of the building, two steps at a time. Before he reached Frank’s apartment, he saw John Walker hovering on the landing.
“I came as soon as I got your message,” Joshua gasped.
“I’m relieved you’re here, Joshua. The doctor’s with Mr. Frank now,” John replied as he led him into Frank’s sitting room. Instead of gaining solace from the familiar, reassuring room with its stuffed bookshelves and well-worn armchairs, Joshua’s attention was drawn to the closed bedroom door and the ominous silence beyond.
As if compelled by Joshua’s dread, the door swung open and the doctor emerged. Rather than a fashionable and stately man fitting for Frank’s status, it was the young, competent apothecary from Brewer Street, who would be unlikely to have high-flown and potentia
