“That was very clever of you,” the Earl said, “but surely your father spoke to Hamish.”
“You – don’t – understand,” Fyna said. “In all the bad things he does – he manages never – to be caught and so is never brought – to justice.”
The Earl did not speak, but after a moment she explained,
“He went from – room to room – in The Castle looking for me and making – a terrible mess. There was – nothing to prove that it was – him. Therefore there was – no point in Papa – being upset.”
“And when he commits other crimes, like killing my shepherd,” the Earl answered, “he manages to escape.”
“He disappears,” Fyna answered, “and you cannot – accuse a man of a – crime unless you have proof.”
“I can see your point,” the Earl murmured. “But, of course, it is a situation that cannot be allowed to con
