Chapter 30: Rebecca Wythan

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​⁠The earl was looked for at the, chief office of the mines, and each day an expectation of him closed in disappointment, leaving it to be surmised that there were more serious reasons for his continued absence during a crisis than any discussed; whether indeed, as when a timepiece neglects to strike the hour which is, by the reckoning of natural impatience, past, the capital charge of ‘crazy works’