“The Eleusinians. All about fertility rites, the goddesses, you know. Classical education that went a bit awry, I think. Sir Peter... well, he wasn’t the leader, I think there was a ‘priestess’, you know.” Guy’s face lit up as he warmed to his theme, chasing away his unease. “I mean, no idea who it was, no idea who any of them were. But the dead started walking not long after the society or cult or whatever you like to call it, after that disbanded. And there’s... well, newspaper articles, I mean, Dad didn’t put them all in the book because they weren’t relevant to the history of the house,
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