Southwark cockpits, by contrast, are a grand tour of hell. Howard, true to his nature, had chosen the very worst. The pit was hidden in a maze of back alleys off Deadman’s Place – a series of twists and turns I have no care to remember now. Kitty knew it well from her time working in the Marshals...
When we reached the bottom Kitty sank to the ground, the horror only now catching up with her. I found Forster’s body amidst the rubble – a terrible, mangled, bloody sight. This was the death I had been prepared to accept for myself, only a few minutes before – the death Forster had planned for K...