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“Then you have found it?” she asked not bothering to hide her desperation

Daniel lowered his hands “Answer my question first”

“Keep your hands high where I can see theain”

“Oh, but I ah Daphne could sense his unease “Allow Mrs Chaht, and I shall tell you what you want to know”

Lily looked at Daphne and hesitated She pushed the barrel of the pistol into Daphne’s side while she decided what to do

“What if I told you that you’d held the proof of your involveo?” Daniel continued by way of an incentive

Lily frowned, but then recognition dawned “The pocket watch?”

“Yes,” Daniel nodded “The one you sent to Lord Gibson hoping to convince us he was the traitor That is why you gave us the paper with his na in France, you knee’d have no way of investigating his activities Today, I discovered that Captain Lewis is in India, which no doubt you already knew”

In the hours Daphne had sat helplessly on the floor of a shed, Daniel had been extremely productive

“What doesn’t hed “You feared that once Mrs Chambers and I beca Thoht prompt us to visit The Mariners But Lord Gibson received the package days before I began sitting outside the pawnbrokers to guard Mrs Chaht”

Daphne had not even considered that point Daniel’s insight was remarkable

“In my line of work one must prepare for every eventuality” Lily’s tone conveyed her arrogance “I’ve followed you both for years A feeeks ago, I saw you together at the docks Based on her fli, I wondered if Mrs Chambers had taken a new profession But then you boarded the Falcon, and I knew you orking together on a case”

So Lily had seen the the Harwood case, and all the while they had been oblivious to her interest in them

“Now I have done your work for you and answered your questions, give me the pocket watch”

“I’m afraid you’ll have to shootrasp You have a pistol, and I doubt there’s much the lady can do while her wrists are bound”