The Trouble At Wakeley Court (An Angela Marchmont Mystery Book 8) - Plot & Excerpts
Naturally, the first thought of everybody had been to carry His Highness to the safety of his own bed as quickly as possible, and then to call in the finest doctors and surgeons in the land. An operation had been performed as a matter of urgency, in the hope of warding off the immediate danger to his life, but the surgeons had emerged shaking their heads with great solemnity, for the Grand Duke had lost a great deal of blood and it was feared that he would not last the night. Still, his customary state of good health was a point in his favour, as was the fact that he had been attended to so quickly, and everybody was now praying fervently that a miracle would occur and His Highness would somehow survive. Unfortunately, in all the uproar, the would-be assassin had got clean away, and a hunt for him had not begun until some time later. Of course, by that time he had had ample opportunity to make his escape, and there was some doubt as to whether he would ever be found. The sheer audacity of the attempt, which had taken place in the Grand Duke’s own private park, had caught everybody quite off guard, and although all those present at the time had been questioned closely about what they had witnessed, nobody had been able to agree on who had done it.
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