Chapter Six
Hide and Seek
Inspector Gall stepped from his red motor car and gazed up at the two towers at each end of the castle wall. The sun sparkled on the sections of new stone that healed the gaps. The ivy vines climbing up the walls had been carefully preserved, and already were growing over the repairs.
He crossed the courtyard and climbed the long flight of wide stone steps leading to the iron-studded oak door. It swung open a moment after he hammered the gargoyle-shaped knocker against the wood.
A tall, thin man in a sagging gray suit stood in the opening. “Good afternoon, sir. May I ask...”
“Inspector Gall of the Shire Constabulary. I want to speak to Baron Vartan Reznik.”
“Very good sir. I am his butler, Graveston. If you will step into the study, I will summon him.” Grave
