A Gentleman's Position by Charles K.J

Author:Charles, K.J. [Charles, K.J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2016-04-05T05:00:00+00:00

“What?” Richard and Dominic said together.

Richard, Ash, and Julius had lied through their teeth, at David’s direction, to keep Mason from prosecution as part of an ill-fated plot to murder the entire British cabinet. He had been part of the conspirators’ group until the day before the planned outrage, and a constable had seen him on Cato Street that night. The Ricardians had given him a false alibi for the afternoon and evening to save his skin. As it happened, he had not been at Cato Street earlier because he had been in bed with Dominic, but that was scarcely something to be offered in evidence.

If Mason were tried, and Richard and the others did not repeat the alibi, Mason’s conviction for high treason would be inevitable.

“How does Maltravers know about that?” Richard asked.

“I expect through Skelton, the Home Office man to whom you all lied so efficiently,” Dominic said. “He’s Maltravers’s protégé, if you recall.”

“He was there.” Ash’s voice shook. “Mal told me he had that accursed letter and shouted at me until I felt like a worm, and then he said he’d tell me what was wanted and went off and brought Skelton in. He was very polite, he kept saying that we’d been ‘mistaken’ or ‘confused,’ but of course he meant lying. He didn’t talk about the letter at all. He just said that Mal was going to prosecute Mason for his part in the conspiracy and he wanted to know we wouldn’t argue it in court. He said there would be no reason for the ‘misunderstanding’ to come up, as long as none of us challenge the evidence against Mason.”

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