Requiem in Vienna: A Viennese Mystery (Viennese Mysteries) by Jones J. Sydney

Author:Jones, J. Sydney [Jones, J. Sydney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780312383909
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2010-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

Once outside, Werthen and Gross could only shake their heads.

“So, it could be true after all,” Werthen said. “Strauss’s death could be considered murder, if indeed somebody falsified a letter from the Hofburg with the purpose of drawing a very sick man out of his bed. After all, no one refuses an invitation from the emperor.”

“Yes,” Gross said, beginning to walk to the major thoroughfare where they could more easily hail a passing fiaker. “That is my understanding, as well. There was, however, another point of interest to be gained from our interview.”

Werthen thought back to the conversation. “The connection to the Hofoper? But no one can plan for another to catch a chill.”

Gross shook his head. “No. Something else Frau Strauss mentioned. Her husband’s last words: ‘es muss geschieden sein.’ Couldn’t they just have easily been, ‘es muss die Geschiedene sein’?”

Werthen stopped in the middle of the sidewalk, staring at his colleague.

“By God, Gross, I think you might have something there. Not, ‘we must be parted,’ but ‘it must be the ex-wife.’ Meaning his second wife, Lili. Did he suspect her of sending him the false summons from the Hofburg? She might be up for such maliciousness, for from what I hear she has not done well after the divorce from Strauss, and she holds him responsible for her plight.”

“It is, my friend, another avenue of thought, to be sure,” Gross said.

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