Amanda Quick - With This Ring by With This Ring

Author:With This Ring [Ring, With This]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-16T17:23:59.531000+00:00

A m a n d a She nibbled on her lower lip while she considered that. "Mr. Saltmarsh was drugged at Trull's. Surely if he were one of the villains, he would not have drunk Dr. Cox's poison." "We do not know for certain that he actually drank the tainted tea, as he claimed. You said you smelled noxious fumes, but he could have deliberately spilled some of it nearby to enhance his story." "Yes, I suppose that is possible." She sat back and clasped her hands. "But it is also possible that Mr. Saltmarsh is entirely innocent. We must not leap to conclusions." "That particular leap is not so very great," Leo said dryly. "I see it more as a short step to an eminently reasonable assumption." "You have been biased against Mr. Saltmarsh since the beginning of this affair." "I am merely looking at the facts and drawing the obvious conclusions." -Well, if you ask me, there are no conclusions. The entire business is getting murkier and murkier." Beatrice gazed down at her folded hands. "We must find Uncle Reggie's Rings, Leo. There is much more than Arabella's inheritance involved in this now. My uncle was most assuredly murdered. Dr. Cox is dead. Someone tried to kill Clarinda. Who knows what will happen next?" "Calm yourself. We can do nothing more tonight. We both need sleep. Tomorrow, when we can think more clearly, we will sort through the information we have discovered and try to make sense of it all." "We may not have much time." "On the contrary," Leo said. "I think Cox's death may have bought us some breathing room." , She looked up quickly. "Why do you say that?" "As you noted earlier, murder draws unwanted attention. Whoever shot Cox will be inclined to stay out of sight for a while. The villain must know that I will be making inquiries into the matter." W i t h T h i s "Very likely." "I do not believe that you are in great danger," Leo said thoughtfully. "The death of a quack will not make much news. But if anything happens to you-" "And it comes out that I am also Mrs. York, there would be a great deal of speculation and gossip," Beatrice concluded. "Yes, I see what you mean. I doubt if the killer wants that sort of attention." "The speculation and gossip would be the least of the villain's problems," Leo said very softly. The icy promise in his eyes made Beatrice catch her breath. She understood suddenly what he meant. If anything happened to her, there would be no rest for the villain. "One would think that the same logic would apply to you also, my lord," she said. "One cannot go about doing in earls without expecting to draw a great deal of attention. But after that incident of attempted kidnapping the other night, I'm not so certain we can depend upon that assumption." He gave her a fleeting smile. "Concerned about me, my sweet?" "Promise me you will be very careful, Leo.

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