Chapter Thirteen
It was a perfect day for a journey. There was a bright sun shining, though I suspected there would be rain before the day was over. The dark clouds lurking suggested a stormy night. I wouldn’t have minded it, sun or rain. Leaving for yet another chapter in my life was driving me, and there was nothing human, or of nature, that would get in the way.
I stopped in the nearby village to make my inquiries.
“You were familiar with a Mr. William Sage? He worked for a time at Haverhill Manor?”
“Yeah, I remember him,” one tavern owner told me. It was the third place I stopped and I was afraid of another disappointment. “Strong silent fellow, I’d say. Very bold, dark eyes, could be nasty, could be kind.”
“You knew him well.” I was impressed by his appraisal. “So do you know wh
