When I first read this, I did so, in a rather malicious voice. After reading the next few lines, I realized it was Mortimer speaking (now that I think of it, his full name to me, also sounds malicious) I was rather frustrated with myself, and had to go back to where Mo spoke, and reread it all, in the correct tone of voice.
Really, maybe it wasn't such a dumb mistake, for there are things that lead you to believe it was one of Capricorn's men who got her, and not Mo, or Farid. And I have proof:
1. He creeped up to her, without a noise, and covered her mouth with a brutal amount of strength.(If he would have done so softly, that would have helped me) Which is something the Black Jackets would have done.
2. After doing so, he said "There you are, I looked all over for you" Right after, without announcing himself. And it seemed more likely for Capricorn's subdits to be looking for her than it was for him.
3. He was supposed to be dead.
4. If he would have said so, and I would have been able to hear his voice, I would have recognized it, but it's impossible for me to hear his voice if I'm not in the story. Although I wouldn't want to be read into a book, just to be able to tell who's talking without reading “Name said" I'm sure it would actually be awesome to be in a book (at least one of my choice, with a happy ending, because I wouldn't like to be forced into a book, where I'd end up being murdered, or brokenhearted) but, I would prefer to finish my lifetime in my own book, the current one, where I don't make any surprise star appearances in any one's story.
But, I guess the author made it this way on purpose, to give us a fright. And it worked!
Oddly, when I think of the author of the book, I don't think of Cornelia, but of Fenoglio.
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