A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas

Author:Sherry Thomas
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2017-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

“A woman in his rooms?” Mrs. Watson and Miss Redmayne exclaimed together.

They were all three in the former nursery, which Miss Redmayne had jokingly rechristened the gymnasium when she joined Charlotte and Mrs. Watson for Charlotte’s second self-defense lesson.

Miss Redmayne, with years of training under her belt, moved with a pantherlike grace. Charlotte’s walking stick had flown everywhere for most of the session, though toward the end she did manage to disarm Miss Redmayne once.

“It isn’t terribly shocking,” Charlotte pointed out, still panting against a wall. “Every sign indicates that he has moved past his youthful passion for Lady Ingram. What I find odd is the timing: that he has a woman in his rooms in the middle of the day.”

“It wouldn’t have been easy to smuggle her in, in broad daylight,” mused Miss Redmayne.

“Perhaps she’s been there since the night before and hasn’t left,” said Mrs. Watson. “But shouldn’t he be at work? You said it sounded as if she was addressing someone.”

“What Mr. Finch may or may not be doing with another woman—or with any number of other women—isn’t what we have been engaged to find out,” said Charlotte. “Lady Ingram wished to know ‘whether he has passed away unexpectedly, whether he has married and no longer wishes to continue our acquaintance, whether he has been imprisoned or sent abroad.’ At this point we can answer all of her queries. He hasn’t died, been imprisoned, or sent abroad. He hasn’t married. But by his action it’s obvious he no longer wishes to carry on as they had.”

“So do we let Lady Ingram know?” asked Miss Redmayne.

No one answered.

The question was settled for them when they went to the general post office and checked Sherlock Holmes’s private box.

There was a letter from Lady Ingram and she wished to speak with them at six o’clock that evening.

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