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“But in answer to your question,” Dariell said to indicate the lesson was over, “your brothers, they are not fools A man does not travel—how many miles is it?”

“To London? Almost forty”

“A man, he does not travel forty miles to play cards when there are clubs aplenty at home Find your steward, and you may find your answer”

“Drake spent the day looking for Gilligan Unless soine he’s far from here by now”

Drake appeared at the front door and strolled down the steps “Well, is that all of them?”

“Oui”

Disappoint so much fun”

Dariell turned his attention to Miles “May I neur?”

“Certainly”

“While you are away in London, so I can feel it in the air” Dariell closed his eyes For a long moment he did not speak or move “Your focus cannot be in two places,” he eventually said, his eyes glazed and dreamy as if he’d had another one of his premonitions

“Are you advising I remain at the , Miles had business in London There were papers to sign, projects to oversee And his brothers still had no idea he was the one who had bought their vowels and called the them to sell more of their shares

“No But I shall stay The house, it needs … work The energy here is tainted”

“Well, as much as I would like to be of assistance,” Drake said, “I haveto return to town”

Devlin Drake had a vendetta against Baron Bro with the hter

“I swear that evil witch will pay for what she did to Ambrose,” Drake added