whispered Lucy, as the girls lay in bed on the evening of Lucy’s arrival. “The priests were in a secret space under the floorboards.” Eliza’s eyes widened. “How do you know?” “I heard Father and Mother talking.” Eliza felt scared, yet excited. Her family was careful never to speak of such things. Her father was a courtier – always ready at any time to attend upon the King – and both her parents regularly went to church and called themselves Protestants. But now that she was older Eliza understood that they, like Lucy’s parents, were Catholics at heart. And that was dangerous. It was not against the law to be a Catholic, but hearing Catholic mass was forbidden, and there were heavy fines for hiding priests. “The priests will be executed,” whispered Lucy. They both knew this would be done in the most horrible way. “We must not talk about it,” said Eliza, with a shudder. And they said no more. They blew out the candle and went to sleep. But next morning, as soon as their lessons with Mistress Perks were over, they began their favourite game of spies – just as they had when Eliza visited Lucy’s home.
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