Chapter 123

Chapter 123

"Murder? What makes you say that?"

"Because it seemed to me one of them would end up dead at the other's hands."

It was a startling answer.

"Were they... on bad terms?"

"Don't even ask. When they first came, they stuck together something shameless, but by the time the money ran out, you never saw such bitter enemies, the way they fought."

"How did you know it was 'by the time the money ran out'?"

"Because they started falling behind on the rent."

The old man clicked his tongue, took a swallow of tea, and spoke without bothering to hide his disgust.

"The woman claimed to be of noble birth, and I never met anyone so arrogant and insufferable... If you marry a commoner and run all the way out here, then you're a commoner yourself, aren't you? Yet she looked down on people over every little thing."…