![]() ![]() It had been a difficult, long-drawn, and arduous case its successful conclusion had earned him grateful accolades from the peers who oversaw London’s Metropolitan Police Force. He’d delivered enough proof to charge and convict them despite their station. After more than nine months of careful sleuthing he’d exposed a cadre of young gentlemen, all from ton families, who not content with using dens of inquity had thought it a lark to run them. It wasn’t as if the last months hadn’t been successful. All should have been well in his world, but…Īt peace-no, wrapped in blessed peace-yet dissatisfied. Stretching his long legs toward the hearth, crossing his ankles, sinking his chin on his cravat, Barnaby studied the polished toes of his boots, bathed in the light of the crackling flames. Regardless, theirs was now a very comfortable household. Barnaby could no longer imagine being in London without the succor Mostyn provided, largely, as with the glass of fine brandy in his hand, without prompting. Yet despite Mostyn’s rigid adherence to the mores of class distinction and his belief in the deference due to the son of an earl, master and man had quickly reached an accommodation. Mostyn had been foisted on him by his mother when he’d first come up to town in the fond hope that the man would instill some degree of tractability into a son who, as she frequently declared, was ungovernable. Straining his ears, Barnaby heard the door shut. I’ll wish you a good night.” The epitome of his calling, Mostyn bowed and silently withdrew. 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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