Chapter Five
Two weeks after the dead sheep incident, Matthew was feeling pretty good. He’d scored himself some work at Nathaniel Marsden’s place and the man was offering to pay him handsomely. Matthew suspected his brother had suggested him to Nathaniel in the first place, but it didn’t really matter. It got him out of the house when he didn’t have a shift at the Miners and although he didn’t need the money—centuries of working and not spending an awful lot had seen to that—it was always nice to earn more cash to put away for a rainy day. Or in case he and his brother needed to flee the village. Isaac didn’t know about Matthew’s emergency fund, because he wouldn’t like to even contemplate the idea of leaving the village. Ever since Mompesson had talked them out of it all those years ago,
