Rumors of the QL's demise were quickly scotched as visitors swarmed through the door of Central Hall Westminster.
Rumors of the QL 's demise were quickly scotched as visitors swarmed through the door of Central Hall Westminster.
She looked up at her husband from her position scotched down on the parlor floor and resumed sorting Christmas ornaments, packing them away as methodically as if she were returning them to the store.
He had scotched the faction of Hasmonaean sympathizers by killing forty-five members of the Sanhedrin and confiscating their possessions.