“The inn catered to the beau monde, and there was only one man in the common room, and he stood slumped over, his head resting on the bar. Neither the innkeeper nor the man’s wife was in sight, so Jamot had quickly climbed the stairs to the second storey. It had taken only a few brief seconds to discern which room belonged to Lady Swenton. Earlier, one of the young grooms had told Jamot the baroness had employed a local maid, who slept in the passageway outside Baroness Swenton’s quarters. Stepp...ing lightly around the girl’s small mattress, he slid a thin metal strip along the door’s crack, to be rewarded by the familiar click of a lock being released. He glanced to the girl a second time to note the young maid clutched the room’s key in her tight grasp. Jamot shook his head in disbelief: The English thought their servants both trustworthy and invincible. His enemies were a foolhardy group. He entered the room on silent feet to find the baroness stretched out upon the bed. Instinctively, Jamot’s eyes surveyed the room.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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