How did Elsa continue to ferret out information before Rose or, apparently, anyone else? Who was her source? All right, Rose, she thought, unclench your teeth. You don’t have time to worry about Elsa right now. She lifted her long skirts and ran up the stairs directly to the records room. She ripped off her cloak and tossed it on a wall peg before scanning the shelves for the right volumes. She had to guess at 1904 to 1909, since she had no intention of questioning Elsa and being fed whatever sensational half-truth she cared to spew. As Rose had already discovered by going through the 1910 to 1912 volumes, Fiona had sprinkled her journals with chat and gossip about the Society. Rose hoped she’d find enough information to piece together what really happened between Samuel and Faithfull. She decided to start with 1909 and work backward. Her determined curiosity pushed her through the first volume quickly, despite her tiredness. 1909 had been an uneventful year, and 1908 turned out to have been equally uninteresting.
