Chapter Three
Clues and Consequences
“She was in here, sir,” the hand-wringing vicar whimpered, “Miss Edith Odette, waiting with her bridesmaids for the arrival of her betrothed. How could I have known...?”
Lord Alfred Odell-Leighton drew himself up to his full height of five feet, three inches, the gray hairs of his whiskers quivering with fury. “It’s an outrage, Inspector Marcel. My bride, abducted from church, moments before the ceremony. I intend to introduce this news in Parliament and demand an investigation to reveal who was responsible for letting this happen. I shall demand punishment for the careless disregard for my bride’s safety!”
“I assure you, Lord Odell-Leighton, there was no warning, no...”
Odell-Leighton lifted his gold-capped cane and poked it into Inspector Marcel’
