Away from the house of Mr. Malphus where Sthena, Perdita, and Mr. Perkin were about to knock heads together, and in the house of Perdita was Marco the brother of Perdita.
He paced around in their small house constantly looking out of the window and door to see if Perdita was coming back. It had been hours since he came back from the construction site and he had not seen Perdita or anyone that looked like her.
The first few hours, he had thought Perdita was caught up with something, maybe her stall, and that was why she hadn't returned home. But after waiting for more hours, his thought changed. He had the hunch that something might have gone wrong. Was she perhaps in Mr. Malphus's house because of the pills? He questioned himself. They had agreed that she will be the one to buy the advanced pills Mr. Malphus told her about. Was she caught?
Sensing something was amiss, Marco decided to look for his sister. Maybe she was in the house of Mr. Malphus.
