Chapter 124

Chapter 124

And that wasn't all.

"Also, the woman who supposedly couldn't think of returning to Gerona from Linkerton for lack of money is now going around in fine clothes and flashy jewelry. Who is footing that bill?"

"Outwardly, it's known that the Boyle Viscount's family is her sponsor."

"That puzzled me too, so I looked into it, and apart from when she attends parties, no one has ever seen her in contact with the Boyles. And Viscount Boyle was one of the nobles who bought 's illegal tobacco, wasn't he?"

When I first attended a party with Viscountess Boyle as my chaperone, I had wondered why that house had stepped forward, but after hearing Ash's explanation, I understood.

"The Boyle Viscount's house was the backer of Inspector Arnaud Winton, who was arrested as the go-between for the illegal tobacco."

That tobacco, mind you, had been made by .

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