Wherwell

The name of Wherwell, as yet, meant no more to him than any other convent unlucky enough to fall into the field of battle.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

They sent a picked force to try to seize Wherwell, no doubt hoping to straddle the road and the river there, and open a way to bring in supplies.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

She declared her intent to come to Wherwell, all her household knew it, her father knew it and sanctioned it.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

Whatever has become of Julian, she never reached Wherwell, never took vows there, never lived there - and cannot have died there.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

"You saw them ride for Wherwell?" demanded Reginald, frowning heavily at every complexity that arose to baulk him.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

But see how the time testifies - three or four miles to Wherwell, and he would have had no call to linger, once he had brought her there.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

Nicholas here has told me how things stood at Wherwell.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

The empress has made an attack on the town of Wherwell, a disastrous attack.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

But no, that could not be right, Nicholas caught himself up hopefully, not if she had already sent word of her coming ahead to Wherwell.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985

As you are now left, the only one who may, who must, know where she did go, since she never reached Wherwell.

An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985