The Death-Defying Pepper Roux (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Pepper fell on his face and peered over the coping. “Are you a ghost?” The scaffolding was sagging away from the stonework, a crevasse of darkness separating captain from captain’s steward. “Come up! Come up here!” “God’s garters, boy, if I move a muscle, this whole wicker basket will fall apart. While I accustom myself to the thought, could you tell me: Why the high places? Why are we here?” The scaffolding swayed slightly, like a tree loosened at its roots. Clinging to it, holding unnaturally still, clamped to a timber upright, Duchesse was frozen with terror. He was a man waiting to fall, defying gravity by sheer force of will. “Speak, Captain. I’m intrigued.” His hair appeared to turn white in the instant, but it was just the moon breaking free of the sea, rising into the sky, its beams overtopping the tower. “To see her! To see the blessed Constance!” Without looking away from Duchesse—Pepper too was willing the scaffolding to hold together—he gestured toward the lighthouse roof.
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