Or perhaps not, entirely. She had not been close enough to see precisely what it was that the Lokant had taken from the cabinet, but Fabian probably had. She hoped that this one small thing, at the least, could be salvaged from an operation otherwise doomed to failure from the start.
There was nothing to be gained from remaining any longer. The Baron was no longer of any interest, and she was heartily tired of playing Lady Fenella. She swept from the room with Fabian close behind her, leaving the Baron loudly proclaiming his determination to register a formal complaint with the LHITB.
