17/24 none of the neighbors could tell me whither.... All they knew was that a woman had been living with my mother of late and had gone away, taking the boys with her.... My boys, master, and no one could tell me whither they had gone! I spent what money I had, and Sir Marmaduke nobly bore his share in the cost of a ceaseless search, as the Earl of Northallerton would do nothing then to help me." "Passing strange ... passing sad," murmured Master Skyffington, shaking his head, "but methinks I recollect ... |