Chapter 96

Chapter 96

Peaceful days followed, as though everything were flowing along its proper course.

But the worst moment always arrives when it is least expected.

For instance, in the sudden visit of a political rival with whom there was no reason to cross paths at all.

“I don't believe we are on visiting terms.”

He had not had the heart to turn the caller away at the door and had ordered him shown to the study, but he had no leisure to sit and chat with the man in comfort.

At Count Greenwood's curt hospitality, Count Nagrange smiled broadly and nodded.

“That is true. Have you been well all this time?”

“I don't think it is proper to ask 'have you been well' of a father who lost his daughter and has only just gotten her back.”

Count Nagrange was a difficult presence to deal with.

All the more so…