together. “Oh, I’m so glad. Arguing is such a bore. Why don’t I show you both some more of the grounds? There’s a tree—an apple tree maybe—where… Tiberius de Vere—I’m eighty percent sure it was Tiberius, but it might have been Claudius—hanged himself. Isn’t that diverting?” “Oh, it couldn’t have been an apple tree. They only live for about forty years and they’re neither tall nor strong enough to support a hanging.” Given the subject matter, the authority in Lady Marleigh’s tone was slightly disconcerting. As, for that matter, was Lady Miranda’s undimmed curiosity. “Is that so? What are the
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