Thank you, Mostyn.” Slumped at ease in an armchair before the fire in the parlor of his fashionable lodgings in Jermyn Street, Barnaby Adair, third son of the Earl of Cothelstone, lifted the crystal tumbler from the salver his man offered. Incidentally, Stokes sent word this morning-Cameron has departed these shores”.Īssisting Gerrard Debbington, brother of Patience Cynster, brother-in-law of Vane Cynster, and Miss Jacqueline TregonningĪssisting Dillon Caxton, cousin of Felicity Cynster, brother-in-law of Demon Cynster, and Lady Priscilla DallowayĪssisting Lord Charles Morwellan, Earl of Meredith, brother of Alathea Cynster, brother-in-law of Gabriel Cynster, and Miss Sarah ConninghamĪssisting Miss Penelope Ashford, sister of Luc, Viscount Calverton, sister-in-law of Amelia Cynster Who is Alert?” Stokes paced slowly before the chair on… Penelope spent the next morning struggling to concentrate on running… There was no way we could tell the order was…Īs I feared”-Stokes slumped into what had become his usual…

Investigations are often like pulling teeth.” Barnaby reached for another… Late the next night, Smythe once again darkened the French…įor what Penelope understood was the very first time, the… If it hadn’t been for a feline altercation on a… Later that evening, Penelope paced the dark, deserted minstrel’s gallery…Įverything was in place, yet nothing had happened. Penelope had expected to spend at least a few hours… He’d parted from her on the steps in Mount Street…Īt eight o’clock the next morning, in the large room… Penelope had learned long ago that it was never wise… The following morning, on Barnaby Adair’s arm, Penelope climbed the…

The next morning at nine o’clock, Inspector Basil Stokes stood…Īt three o’clock that afternoon Stokes presented himself at Griselda… Stokes was on his feet behind his desk, tidying it… Miss Ashford told us to expect…Īt the behest of Dick’s father, Mrs. Thank you, Mostyn.” Slumped at ease in an armchair before…

The Honorable Barnaby Adair’s Investigations Involving Cynster Connections

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