Professor Jonathan Wadsworth személy

I nodded vigorously. “I promise. I’ll be as silent as the dead.”
“Ah”, Uncle said, putting a hat on and tugging it low, “the dead speak to those who listen. Be quieter than even them.”

“The young lady has made her case, Doctor. From this point forward I shall pretend she’s as capable as a man.”
I glared harder. “Pretend I am as capable as a man? Please, sir, do not value me so little!”
“Also,” he continued before I exploded, setting his teacup down on its matching blue and white Staffordshire saucer, “as we’re now treating each other like equals and peers, I insist on you calling me Thomas, or Cresswell. Silly formalities needn’t apply to equals such as we.” He grinned at me in a way that could be considered a flirtation.
Not to be outdone, I lifted my chin. “If that’s what you want, then, you’re permitted to call me Audrey Rose. Or Wadsworth.”
Uncle stared up at the ceiling rose, sighing heavily. “Back to our murder, then,” he said, removing spectacles from a leather satchel and securing them on his face. “What else have either of you got for me besides the promise of a splitting headache?”

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“If she ate chocolate cake, sugared berries, and champagne before dying, then what does that indicate?”
“She must have had an awful stomachache,” Thomas said blandly.

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Uncle huffed. “Get on with it, boy. Make yourself useful and stop staring at my niece like that.”

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“Have you heard anything I’ve said?” Thomas waved a hand in front of my face, one corner of his mouth quirked up. “It’s truly fascinating when you do that.”
“Do what? Think?” I batted his hand away. “Pardon me.”
“No need.” He grinned. “You know I don’t mind when you daydream about me.”
Uncle glanced over his shoulder. “Might the two of you act properly for five minutes?”

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I turned my annoyance on Uncle. “By all means, let’s continue wasting time speaking of my potential discomfort at her occasional profession. What is your issue with prostitutes anyhow? It’s not her fault society is so unjust to women.”

“The alcohol was supposed to be used sparingly to dull the pain.” He pointed to the blood smeared and dried all over one of many rags. “Have you even disinfected the wound?”
Oliver swung his head toward Dr. Wadsworth, a sloppy grin across his face. “Dissssinfected, it all, Doc. Dissssinfected it all.”
“Seems you've disinfected yourself even better,” I mumbled, shaking my head.

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„Are you capable of closing the cadaver up on your own?”
I stood taller and thrust my chin up. „Of course.”
It was truly absurd that Uncle would think me incapable of such an easy thing, especially after I'd been fishing around inside the dead man's viscera well enough on my own. Out of all my tasks this would be the easiest.
„Aunt Amelia says my needlework is quite impressive,” I added. Except she didn't have skin stitching in mind while praising my embroidery, I'm sure.