The audience buzzed with excitement at this latest twist. Most highwayman trials were straightforward, with a guilty verdict almost inevitable. First Jacobs and now Lady Charlotte had added drama to the occasion, no doubt increasing the pleasure of the newspaper reporters present.
Lady Charlotte strode towards the judge. “I am Lady Charlotte Fitzwarren of Eastbrook House!”
The ushers looked at each other, unsure how to treat a titled lady. Lord Fitzwarren looked furious, opened his mouth to speak, thought better of it and threw Lady Charlotte a look that could have melted glass. In the back seat, the scar-faced man clutched the silver knob of his walking cane and watched everything that was happening.
“Somebody stop that woman!” the judge looked alarmed at Lady Charlotte’s relentless ad
