Sir Robert began to talk about the location of the cavern and how his acquaintance, the esteemed Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, had built a memorial to commemorate the site of Aldfrith’s suffering and evasion. But he also referred to how the well-respected nobleman, for his part, not only shared the experiences he would now go on to describe but would also corroborate and endorse them. Jake gasped, causing the student across the table to stare at him quizzically. He pretended not to notice her interest. It was tiring following the ancient style of printing where the letter s was printed in a form similar to an f and the whole page of writing was dense and sloping to the right. But there was no question of resting his eyes; he had come for this and could scarcely believe his luck that the Soc
