So the Marquise is a prisoner somewhere?" I asked, enjoying the idea.
He grimaced. "No. She took poison. A constitutional inability to suffer reverses, apparently. We didn't find out until too late. Fialma," he added drily, "tried to give her share to me."
"That must have been a charming scene."
"It took place at approximately the same time you were conversing with your forty wagoneers." He smiled a little.
He grimaced. "No. She took poison. A constitutional inability to suffer reverses, apparently. We didn't find out until too late. Fialma," he added drily, "tried to give her share to me."
"That must have been a charming scene."
"It took place at approximately the same time you were conversing with your forty wagoneers." He smiled a little.
( Sherwood Smith )
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