“Have you any idea who would have shot you?” Tina asked.
He looked at her and his lips twitched.
“You know as well as I do who shot me. But what can we do about it? We cannot have a scandal in the family.”
“I never thought he would be mad enough to try and do that sort of thing. And what do you think? I found him here last night.”
“Claude – here last night?” Lord Wynchingham said. “What impertinence! Come here to find out if I was dead or not, I suppose.”
“No, indeed,” Tina answered. “He was very astonished to see me. He was seeking the treasure in the library.”
“Oh, Lord! The man’s more of a dolt than I believed him to be,” Lord Wynchingham exclaimed. “He has been obsessed by that treasure ever since he was a child. He used to force me to go on looking for it long after I was bored
