Armityge made a quick examination."There are wounds on this child similar to those on the body found at Wilsford a month ago," he said tersely. "Bound..., strangled, and mutilated; what sort of monster does this to a child?"We wrapped the poor mite's body in a blanket and carried her back to The Anchor on my horse. Armityge acted in the office of coroner when the military was involved in finding bodies, and thus was responsible for carrying out the post mortem, as he had on the body of the young. . she didn’t know.For all she cared, Kaede blanked out after the third slap, the strongest of them all, just to be awakened by a smaller, more gentle one. She opened her eyes with a loud groan, finding herself covered in a blanket in the same room, and yet with her entire body aching.“Good mornin’, sleeping beauty.”She gasped, opening wide her eyes just to recognize a woman above her, the same kind lady who directed Brittany to her at the entrance. “You got your ass kicked good, huh?” she. She gave me a kiss on the lips and stepped back, "What are you doing in town today, Davy?" Would you believe I came in just to see you?" I asked her."Of course I would. Now tell me, why did you really come to town." She wasn't quite ready to believe that I drove all the way into town on a Friday afternoon unless I had errands to run."Well, it's a good thing you believe me because that is why I came in, just to see you." I told her about the tramp that turned out to be some army officer Pa knew. When she recovered, she glanced back along her path. It had taken her ten minutes to mince the twenty feet from the bedroom to the ervant's lift. It had seemed like hours and miles. Mandy manhandled her into the lift. As she rested in the elevator, she nearly cried as she realized that it was easily twice the previous distance from the lift to the dining room... When they reached the first floor, Flora was again forced to walk, knowing she now had to cover twice the previous distance..