Prendergast’s afternoon on that day was a busy one. His first item of business was to inform Mr. Raymond he wished to leave as soon as was convenient. Hard on the heels of this was the matter of getting his own younger brother installed in his place as Raymond’s clerk. As well as permitting his o...
Her room, however, was at the far end of the corridor, and she sometimes went down by the servants’ stairs without my hearing her. What I really was listening for was Aiglon’s ascent. At midnight, I was still listening. And at one o’clock in the morning. It was some time after two when his stumbl...