His discoveries had been an undoubted triumph.
He had been congratulated behind closed doors and the Viceroy had told him,
“If justice was done, you would receive the greatest honour that the Queen Empress Victoria could bestow on you. As it is, Shaw, we can only thank you from the bottom of our hearts for saving the lives of our soldiers and perhaps India herself.”
It was with those words ringing in his ears that Lord Kenyon had come home.
After all he had been through, he could not help wondering with amusement what small domestic problem had upset his sister.
She had sent him a note the moment he arrived in London.
She had said that it was of the utmost urgency that she should see him immediately.
Before he could ask any further questions, however, the door opened.
The grey-hair
