Jane Aiken Hodge
The title comes from "A Smuggler's Song" by Rudyard Kipling:,Five and twenty ponies,,Trotting through the dark,Brandy for the Parson, ,'Baccy for the Clerk;,Laces for a lady; letters for a spy,,And watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by! ,The carriage that was rolling swiftly along the rainy English marsh on the road from London suddenly stopped. A barricade blocked the way. Dark figures surrounded them. Christina had no time to cry out as strong arms caught her from behind. A hand covered her mouth. She bit it as hard as she could.,She looked up at the tall, masked stranger, and a mysterious, frightening sensation swept over her. Those fiery brown eyes gazed at her in a way she had never known before ...
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Watch the Wall, My Darling