Malva's

She was aware of a certain amount of muttering amongst Roger's flock, particularly in the wake of Malva's death and the talk about her parents-she felt her lips press tight again, and consciously relaxed them-but Roger steadfastly refused to hear any such remarks.

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Come on, though, we'll go find Bobby, and ye'll see Malva's grave for yourselves.

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"Malva's not walking about looking for anyone, " he said, with as much conviction as he could infuse into his voice.

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I hadn't laughed since before Malva's death, and found it balm to the spirit.

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This, it seemed, had happened while Tom was imprisoned at Ardsmuir; she had sent him word, before her execution, telling him of Malva's birth, and that she was confiding care of the children to Edgar's wife.

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He was clearly troubled, even more so than he had been since Malva's death, but he no longer bore a look of dull suffering; he was actively agitated.

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I stood up and took the mask from Malva's hand, setting it aside.

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I had no notion what might happen-and all the horror and anger connected with Malva's death still lurked at the back of my mind, a great dark shape under very thin ice.

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I had forced myself to go back to my garden in the spring after Malva's death-I had to; sentiment was all very well, but we had to eat.

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And Richard Brown, prevented by Christie's presence from doing us active harm, took every opportunity to spread his version of the tale of Malva's murder-perhaps as much to harrow Tom Christie in the hearing of it, over and over again, as for its effect on our reputations.

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