Rogue's Reward (1995)
“He and Walter Downe were sitting comfortably before the fire at Deerfield. Each man sipped gently at a glass of the finest brandy from the major’s superb cellar. Lee held his up for a moment to the light and watched the seductive change in its color.
“Have you learned anything, Lee?” Walter asked.
“About Manton Barnes? No, I haven’t. Sir Robert was never close to his nephew. Certainly, Barnes was rarely here as a child. We met for the first time at Eton. Sir Robert claims to know very little ab...out Manton’s private life and to take little interest.”
“Then he kept his secret from his uncle?”
Lee looked thoughtfully into the hearth. “It would appear so. Sir Robert said all the correct things when he learned of our friend’s death, but I don’t think it touched him very deeply. I’m afraid that the impeccable military gentleman you have met at every rout and soirée for the last several years has never been a man to show much genuine emotion.”
“Then he wouldn’t suspect suicide?”MoreLess
“Have you learned anything, Lee?” Walter asked.
“About Manton Barnes? No, I haven’t. Sir Robert was never close to his nephew. Certainly, Barnes was rarely here as a child. We met for the first time at Eton. Sir Robert claims to know very little ab...out Manton’s private life and to take little interest.”
“Then he kept his secret from his uncle?”
Lee looked thoughtfully into the hearth. “It would appear so. Sir Robert said all the correct things when he learned of our friend’s death, but I don’t think it touched him very deeply. I’m afraid that the impeccable military gentleman you have met at every rout and soirée for the last several years has never been a man to show much genuine emotion.”
“Then he wouldn’t suspect suicide?”MoreLess
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