Friday 56

About the Friday 56

• Grab the book nearest you. Right now
• Turn to page 56.
• Find the fifth sentence.
• Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
• Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
• Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

This is from The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley an author I highly recommend if you like stories that blend the past and present in the style of Mary Stewart and Barbara Erskine.

Blurb

With its dark legends and passionate history, the windswept shores of Scotland are an archaeologist's dream. Verity Grey is thrilled by the challenge of uncovering an ancient Roman campsite in a small Scottish village. But as soon as she arrives, she can sense danger in the air.
Her eccentric boss, Peter Quinnell, has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he's finally found it -- not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has 'seen' a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long-dead comrades. Surprisingly, Verity believes in Peter, and the boy, and even in the Sentinel, who seems determined to become her own protector...but from what?

Page 56, line 5 (and a little more)

Davind Fortune chose to let the comment pass. He hiked a straight-backed chair closer to the bed, inviting me to sit down and settled himself on the edge of young Robbie's bed. I think miss Grey would like to ken what part you played in bringing Mr Quennell here to Rosehill.


Now its your turn! Grab a book and post your 56. If you don't have a blog, just post yours in the comments.

I saw the Friday 56 over at Lily Graison's blog. Be sure to visit and read her 56.)