Heirs Of Acadia - 03 - The Noble Fugitive - Plot & Excerpts
And it was itself dwarfed by the newer Georgian structure. He walked the passage connecting the old house to the new. Lead-paned windows flanked him on both sides, overlooking carefully tended rose gardens. At the end was a winding staircase of darkened beams and pickled oak flooring, hard as stone. Falconer climbed to the middle floor, knocked on the ancient peaked door, and was invited to enter. The apartment was designed as four interconnecting chambers. There were two such guest apartments on the second floor. The Powers family occupied one apartment, the other was currently empty. On the top floor, a narrow corridor ran directly under the roof’s eaves, opening into five servants’ rooms. The ground floor held three larger chambers that had been renovated into single-room apartments. The Powerses’ front room was full to the brim when Falconer entered. Gareth Powers rested upon a daybed, a leather settee with a long tongue that could be used either for sitting or reclining.
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