Lord Frazer looked up in surprise.
Then he rose slowly to his feet as the Earl walked towards him.
As they shook hands. Lord Frazer said,
“I thought you would return from India after I heard the Viceroy had been murdered.”
“I returned home immediately,” the Earl replied, “and I have come to you now, my Lord, for help.”
He thought that Lord Frazer raised his eyebrows.
At the same time there was a glint of satisfaction in his eyes.
He indicated a chair in front of the fireplace and, as the Earl sat down, Lord Frazer seated himself in one beside it.
“I thought,” he began as if he was deliberately choosing his words, “that you would be surprised at what you found when you returned.”
“I was not just surprised,” the Earl said, “but horrified and appalled. How could any man, especially o
