She looked at the Earl as if she expected him to contradict her, then went on,
“Burrows protested because he felt he was one of the family. Count the snuff-boxes now and see how many are missing! The money had gone into your new butler’s pocket, just as Grandpapa’s best wines have flowed down the new butler’s throat!”
Pandora paused for breath, then went on,
“I did not believe, could not credit, that the things I had heard about you were true. But they are true! And they are happening at Chart Hall, which is a part of you whether you admit it or not.”
Her voice broke as she asked,
“How can you do this? How can you be so cruel – so insensitive as to – destroy what those of our blood have – died to – preserve?”
Now the tears ran down Pandora’s cheeks. She took no heed of them, but mere
