Scattered murmurs.
Mr. Freezout must have sensed this, because he asked, “Can you use any other weapons?”
“I learned how to fight with knives when I lived in the Pot.”
Tony stared at me, mouth open.
“I see.” Mr. Freezout glanced at a paper on his table. “Mrs. Spadros, when did you learn that Dame Anastasia was involved in a scam against the city?”
“A week prior to the explosion.”
“How did you come to learn of this?”
“Certain things she told me I later found to be untrue. I became suspicious. She avoided me. So I began to investigate her.”
“In what way?”
“I made inquiries at her factory. I learned her gems were false.”
“Did you do anything then?”
“No, sir, I didn’t think anything of it. But it did make me wonder what else she lied to me about.”
“How did you feel when you learned
