Chapter 33: The Highwaymen

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠The rumour of Phyllida's elopement took definite shape just as the candles were being lighted for the nuts and wine. It lent quite a flavour even to the inferior Port that disgraced most of the dinner-tables at Curtain Wells. And if a flavour was lent to moderately bad wine, what a truly celestial aroma was given off by the fragrant pots of tea in the parlours. Curtain Wells was always famous for