Ch.8 Leaving Incognito
Josephine ran to her cellar and grabbed a trunk. Then, pulling it behind her, she climbed the stairs to her room. She hurriedly stuffed all her dress and clothes into it, and then pushed in all the treasures that remained in the house. Then she went to her secret chamber, where she had all her gold and jewels stored, and pushed them into the trunk as well.
Josephine left the house. She hurried out to her barn. She grabbed a horse and harnessed it to a carriage. She stuffed her trunk into the carriage's compartment, and sat down on the driver's seat. She grasped the reins, and gave them a shake. The horse started down the lane and was soon leaving the village. As she approached a bend in the road, she looked back at her village and her house. The horse rounded the bend, and the village disappeared from view.
She reached the next town, Sea Side, in a couple hours. She arrived at the inn, the Soldier's Lodge. It was a Bed and Breakfast, just the breakfast wasn't included with the bed. She gave her horse over to the care of the stable boys, and entered the hotel and walked to the front desk.
"How can I help you miss?" the attendant asked.
"I would like a moderate room for three nights, please, and away from other guest's rooms," Josephine said. "I have had a long day and need rest without disturbances."
"Very well, miss. With what name shall I have them reserved?" he asked.
She thought, "Best to cover my trail; I'll travel incognito."
"Julianne Walters," Josephine said.
"Well, Miss Walters, that will be 30 shillings," he said.
She handed him the money.
"Enjoy your stay! Here is your key," the attendant said, handing over the key. She went back out side to her carriage, and had a coachman bring her trunk up to her room. She left the carriage to the hands of the stable boys as well.
"Here you are miss," the coachman said, setting her trunk down at the foot of her bed.
"Thank you very much sir," Josephine said.
The coachman left, and Josephine shut the door and bolted it.
No one was going to bother her tonight.
Josephine ran to her cellar and grabbed a trunk. Then, pulling it behind her, she climbed the stairs to her room. She hurriedly stuffed all her dress and clothes into it, and then pushed in all the treasures that remained in the house. Then she went to her secret chamber, where she had all her gold and jewels stored, and pushed them into the trunk as well.
Josephine left the house. She hurried out to her barn. She grabbed a horse and harnessed it to a carriage. She stuffed her trunk into the carriage's compartment, and sat down on the driver's seat. She grasped the reins, and gave them a shake. The horse started down the lane and was soon leaving the village. As she approached a bend in the road, she looked back at her village and her house. The horse rounded the bend, and the village disappeared from view.
She reached the next town, Sea Side, in a couple hours. She arrived at the inn, the Soldier's Lodge. It was a Bed and Breakfast, just the breakfast wasn't included with the bed. She gave her horse over to the care of the stable boys, and entered the hotel and walked to the front desk.
"How can I help you miss?" the attendant asked.
"I would like a moderate room for three nights, please, and away from other guest's rooms," Josephine said. "I have had a long day and need rest without disturbances."
"Very well, miss. With what name shall I have them reserved?" he asked.
She thought, "Best to cover my trail; I'll travel incognito."
"Julianne Walters," Josephine said.
"Well, Miss Walters, that will be 30 shillings," he said.
She handed him the money.
"Enjoy your stay! Here is your key," the attendant said, handing over the key. She went back out side to her carriage, and had a coachman bring her trunk up to her room. She left the carriage to the hands of the stable boys as well.
"Here you are miss," the coachman said, setting her trunk down at the foot of her bed.
"Thank you very much sir," Josephine said.
The coachman left, and Josephine shut the door and bolted it.
No one was going to bother her tonight.