Aug 27, 2017
Ring, maker unknown, setting 15th century, centre 2nd century BC-1st century BC. Museum no. 724-1871. © Victoria & Albert Museum, London Percival Graves is not an anxious man. Not plagued with self-doubt or eeries lurking in shadows. Alone, though, when it is past supper, past bed time and he’s still in his office. The day-old chafe of his shirt collar urging him to home, but the snide cramp in his collarbones keeps him seated. He tugs his chair closer to his desk, ankles hooked around the legs. Roughs the pad of his thumb over the carved stone on his forefinger. Warm, from the repetitive action. He spreads his palm over the no-maj journal. Cyanogen is a very deadly poison, a grain of its potassium salt touched to the ...