Chapter 19
Concordia watched David pace the front parlor of the Reading Room, where the doctor and Miss Winston insisted they wait for the sheriff. Wynderhane, still alive, had been transported to Dr. Travers’s dispensary nearby for whatever treatment could be provided for the poor man. His wife had been fetched as well.
The one bright spot was that Sir Anthony had been found at the Maidstone Club, celebrating the Hassett Knoll baseball team’s victory. Apparently, the youth that he’d paid to deliver a message to Lady Dunwick about his plans had given it to the wrong matron. To young boys, every old woman looks the same.
Charlotte, sitting beside her, heaved an impatient sigh. “They could have at least allowed you to return to the cottage. Do they really believe you would try to flee?”
