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Note: This chapter contains the second reference to the hidden memory from Cromwell's past. I won't draw attention to it just yet, but it is a fabulous easter egg for re-readers who haven't noticed it before.

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Margaret Vernon: 'I shall set up housekeeping with some of my sisters. We shall be unruly women, with no master.' ... 'Folk will pity us and leave apples on our doorstep They will come to us for poultices and lucky charms.'

At least somebody in this chapter will be living the dream. ; )

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Give scandal!

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Cromwell is like a combined Daedalus and Icarus, the master craftsman and inventor who flies his waxen wings too high.

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Hold that thought.

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Oct 30Liked by Simon Haisell

I really love Christophe! So loyal!

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Happy Samhain to all Wolf Crawlers!

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It's all dark from here.

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I had forgotten about the beavers! What a splendid metaphor they make for Cromwell's audacity in matters political and religious. Crumb cannot quite foresee the long term effect of so many of his policies. I've read that in recent years, efforts to reintroduce beavers to the wild in Britain have met with mixed reactions.

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"He shrugs. It's always the wrong bits of the past people want back."

I love that Wyatt asks what next, bring back wolves? 'We do not need more predators.' Well, quite.

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