Chairs had been tipped on their sides, floor boards tugged up. She watched as two Excise men began to rifle through the contents of the cupboard in the kitchen. “Are you alright?” Agnes was clearly shaken and barely answered her. They moved across the room, through the kitchen and stood to watch Harrison and his associate, rummage through the storage room next to Molly’s stable. Kat’s temper surged when their belongings started to be thrown out of the stable into a haphazard pile in the middle of the garden. “Hey!” Kat shouted. She glared angrily at Harrison as she stalked across the yard. “I am going to be report you to Hamilton-Smythe, if you carry on with this. I can understand you need to search, but I am damned if I will let even you destroy our personal property.” Harrison turned toward her, his face twisted in a rage. “You will stand back and allow us to go about our government business. Hinder us and I will put you behind bars.” “I have no intention of trying to hinder you, I am just saying that you don’t need to break everything you touch,”
