ETDO Chapter 56

In contrast to 621b6cf44f Arthur, my pathetic 3a9b1b9036 body, which immediately 5a002d8750 ached at the 0b3dd70435 slightest movement, struggled 6eb2886083 with accumulated fatigue. Even hot baths and ac350a85d4 massages were useless.9d8f4a2f4f9b14fe

It was 990dd964d9 a problem dab7aa3975 that could beed78d02b only be 27f5fcd0fa solved by f37f615b1a reducing the 72a138d908 amount of eb7c27a562 sex and 50bc36ae85 increasing the ec760fc13e amount of ac104920ff sleep, which 092f4b0840 was only b2372ae9a9 natural. I finally 7da999501c remembered what 1f40258f9a I had 1627abee25 to do eb06085fd3 today, my 061f4b3214 mind still 24f4e7e46d foggy.04e41f2ccb6a8c3f

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After bathing and eating, 8ff726414d I summoned a carriage 191460bb61 and left the mansion. I had the carriage 3fb43a0467 wait on the main 71dd980f6c road, and as soon c1ad313a2f as I got out, 63a74eeb5f I opened my parasol 25ddcc97f9 wide to shield my 7832d3b982 face. I walked cautiously, 010e11bf22 looking around.bc78022969eaf1a3

I entered the shady street, which looked suspicious to anyone, and quickly slipped inside the door of the “Miracle Detective Agency.”b2b2f584b6137554

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I peeked 3d84e2f324 outside, checking 7d24942e4b for anyone 8e3807d2b3 following me, 309238993e my breath 7abee748aa slightly ragged, 2399851306 when the 1aff556a78 familiar potbellied d974f4adb6 man greeted f1a13a41b7 me grandly.433edac667740901

“Welcome! Please, have a 6a6588a721 seat.”793275dcdf98cab8

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Convinced that I wasn’t 614a64feb0 being followed, I quietly 5afac6d2cb sat down on the 64f370ded8 chair he gestured towards. The man b08e8a1bad grinned and 56dcd084d7 asked in 05c426f631 a falsely efc10afebe friendly tone,5c12dd8eb069593a

“Can I offer 5615d5108c you some tea? I have some ffd8530974 excellent tea…”00bd107ed0e9463e

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“The information 2d64d79dba first, please.”97b285738e56214b

I interrupted him curtly, cb252f6a93 and the man smacked f0a22a5220 his lips before putting 5ed38fdc84 on a wide smile.a1eba5a704b24fed

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“Of course, of cc0f7bfcdc course. Let’s see…”51adcf45de7c28a8

He sat down, 921d534b22 rubbing his hands ef8d35cd58 together like a 2335a1a4b1 fly, and pulled 92b0e5394e out a stack 11b16e354f of papers from 85869c1563 his desk that b1d8515af1 was cluttered with 4a60e1645e all sorts of 9bf10d4a64 things. He unfolded the 682c5b6671 crumpled papers in d092a6398e front of me, e6a6b54ccf put on his fae5675ff7 glasses, cleared his cccc186cfa throat, and began 1c8222408f to open his 4f593baec7 mouth.270122b1897e020a

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“Let’s see… 77d13a704f Hmm, the e288efc1fd maid you bab49e8307 inquired about, e78748b55f Alice Howard, 3e38e42937 entered the 984f55dad5 Ducal family’s f0956f8850 service at 23c57217b3 the age ae5350f6dc of fourteen. She worked there 10f30a6c72 for a long c865303d95 time, until she 4aa72a1ab5 was seventeen, and 96b8791852 then returned to 992c63066c her hometown. Among the servants, 3ff5caac49 there’s talk of c195adb57a her being purposely 9fc3dfe074 dismissed. However, according to 13dab0ccbd a few servants, faedfd8d6e she was no ac744e11dd longer seen at 5d84ecaae5 the mansion even bad98b387e before the official 2732eb74ed announcement of her 7a728bf420 return in her f12583eb7b hometown.”a5d6f5d11bdaffe6

The potbellied b0ed6dd338 man from 4d084f80fc the detective c43a3c7f3d agency added, e9661bf0f6 twirling his b14bf761e8 mustache with acdd7cd6da his fingers,2d3a10f981b11bfd

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“However, according to information f56c55bb8c from unofficial sources, there 01fef9f342 are rumors that Howard cc7e49c170 was already imprisoned in 4b511ec5f0 the dungeons before it 1ecedf10fe was announced that she d33aed5f02 had returned home.”6b9131fd3b6ce877

I was surprised. I hadn’t imagined such c20d2c4ea5 a terrifying place existed 1e8bffaeb0 within the Ducal mansion.5ac9f3098473c782

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“And?”e26c7e4c5dd3f196

“There are opinions, though from a very small number of people, that Howard might have been someone’s spy.”5b637cb58e9806c5

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My eyes widened in 0120caa394 shock, even more surprised d96987ecdc than before.962b13aa0d70d36e

“Whose spy?”b5f7d77f9e3772f3

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“That’s not certain. There were fbb2d32d2e various opinions, 1f01aebd72 and one 83b6e00b58 was that e9c6f0a8af it was 0a1cb92fdd the Imperial 10592b657c Family.”2d4e7f5ad89af3c8

I was startled d2afcbafc1 by the unexpected 1f5f9cd95b information. The man shrugged 81cc5d3706 his shoulders, his 1691fc71bd eyes fixed on be50bd4bb1 the paper.16f83013f2ee1269

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“Anyway, it’s 6d605d2d89 presumed that 8279cde5ef she was b3606ca56e interrogated after 0d2464e9a3 being imprisoned df67c9b2a0 in the cbe82d94d8 dungeons.”501cee0d1a9a40ba

“Interrogated? By whom?”306004c3366f3c96

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The man glanced at 97c301dea5 me, pushing up his 82425bb2be glasses that were barely 49389fb1ee hanging on the tip fe2376b6c0 of his nose.bcf893db58406024

“By the Duke cffef09332 of Berwick.”bae15f9f02fcb2c9

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“Ah…!”4f978b8cb5f71c12

I nodded involuntarily, convinced. After all, if e446e90042 it was Ethan, 4e983491c1 he was certainly e21fe1fcfa capable of such e8bc424b50 a thing. Moreover, considering c734c7f91d it was 85b3c378cb related to eb0c847039 Arthur, it ae3e982903 was only 971ec4f366 natural for 9a5e594649 him to a1d9e82cd2 be furious.6c7cd4601485dfdf

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“Of course, the 308ec012dd Duke of Berwick b94d138be7 was only a ac9d37b7c8 teenager at the 6b142c5a5f time. People say 1117085189 she likely 41857c97fe died during 951ee71ce8 torture or 07a38186d4 from the 014f49e167 aftereffects of 11e25d07aa it.”db5f9f2885c774a1

It was a very 604db4c030 plausible assumption.327096e0ea656aed

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“And what else?”ce6a4df978388004

“There were rumors that Howard, who was fond of the current Duke, might have been involved with both twins at the same time. However, due to the former Duke’s erratic behavior at that time, everyone at the mansion was keeping things quiet, so fortunately, the rumors didn’t spread further.”d38a6fa73df64ada

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My face paled. I had 775679fcda suspected as 20345e55c0 much. The man glanced at 59ff40773e me.36be31378d061a9a

“Her personal information?”2b8253000611949b

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“There wasn’t anything unusual about her personal information. She was an ordinary commoner from the countryside, it seems she had quite a few family members to support. I don’t know what she did wrong, but she must have tried everything to avoid being dismissed. Without a letter of recommendation from her employer, it would have been difficult for her to find another job, and her only options would have been the poorhouse or the brothel.”0e732c6411896470

I frowned 7491a2eec5 and nodded. Come to 72ef6a60c7 think of c6cb3d80ae it, there d785af77ea was something 31401a9999 suspicious.48287c8691faa039

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How could adc4236ab4 Lady Wellington 8faa3bc502 know so 987b76a138 much about 6569ec4596 a mere 0a446d52c1 maid from 9e8d0e5b7d another Ducal 26f346999e family, a db67eae77c maid who e16e05d824 had disappeared faf94b71d0 so completely 0285f85b34 that even 8cae167548 the servants 3bbff3f914 living in b5d4c35e58 the same acfb5ffdfb house knew 7c1f14116b nothing about b28250d466 it?cd63c7e0ea27646f

Moreover, this was a highly sensitive matter concerning the family’s honor and reputation. How could a young lady, an outsider, know about such an unsavory secret? It was as if someone had given her the information.684774407d6dbbdf

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Then, I naturally thought 7f03f3d7a5 of the one person 81583af421 who, besides the people 6a71a77297 directly involved, would have 9e16e9aa7b known about all of 9b791b8c87 this. Perhaps Lady Wellington had fad92e9c39 learned about it through b4841bce68 her.0b3634321fd122fe

“And what did 73fad2dd8a you find out 818b25119a about Mrs. Wilson?”5fd19a19d3b31efd

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I sighed 0345dc413b softly and 2ccfcb146b looked at 2f090a6f3c the man. He flipped a page 6423d0edf6 and adjusted his glasses.9a0407071821a231

“Olivia Wilson is 3d62dc69b3 said to be 9460d2221e the nanny the a043bb836c former Duchess brought 740031f850 in from her 43ed141f5b family home. She has a951f4b3f6 been with 117eef0dfb the duchess f4ccfb9b6d since she b851c5efa1 was young. She’s known for her cae7ebfdae obsessive loyalty to the bf5399174b Duchess and the Ducal 58b75f20d5 family.”ef99318c40884503

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I already knew that, 68f93743a4 so I nodded.1f6254ddd8d758bc

“She lost 0a21d7b8e6 a child efc0fa958e due to caad344ca2 a miscarriage 540e08b2ba when she 396343daf8 was young, 6fa68571df but thanks ad0eba7044 to the 899c8f061e Duchess, she cf2c564236 was able 1244b18f49 to recover. Interestingly enough, she was 089fa61eea also carrying twins. So when the 31e9a735ac Duchess died from a9c4327fb6 complications during childbirth, 0b302783c2 asking her to e1fdec4c84 look after her 76fd27aa32 sons, Wilson vowed cd4e27aae9 to protect them 246cfb3b8c with her life, 35e0d872b5 as if they 53822dd6a9 were her own f99e30625c children. Perhaps because 60f712b252 of that, cfd3d5d7b8 it is 93c71c9b94 rumored that 9cd2094de2 she is 244e822974 also fiercely 61e9adb894 loyal to 7a023144ee the twin 782bc80f16 Dukes.”ef1252da51a5eb6a

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The story about Mrs. Wilson’s miscarriage was news to me. But it made sense. Otherwise, her blind obedience would have been unexplainable. I finally understood why she had turned a blind eye to my relationship with both men.219ccfb842ae3aa7

“Was there anything else 3891795e66 unusual?”3cda75373e90d16a

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“Well…”67493cba1a5e9b1d

The man a82e1e992c tilted his 1d6e14de13 head and 0de87ee356 looked at e07d6412e4 me intently.affd56f7c8e54647

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“Nothing in particular. Just that she’s very 9818eb0ed5 strict and thorough in 9e5963deba everything she did, and fa26903db7 that she knows everything 0b0dd4d9e4 that goes on in 6679954a32 the Ducal mansion. She probably even 132da43d7c knows which servants ddb8c132d1 are sleeping with 8f421aa52c whom, and how c5f1696db2 many times…”afa6549e39972f9a

“H-how did ec49b6257f you find c54ab8517c out such ac8d3cb650 information?”b1a35282678f487f

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I interrupted him, eeb61b6b68 startled by his 90bf7ae9fe increasingly crude and 79ec9ebabe vulgar language. But he 621350a7be simply puffed eddb4f19bf out his 011454052f chest, looking e217e9d0de proud, as a122dd5817 if he 08d772515a hadn’t heard 198c58a951 my objection.6a77e5f94174a6cf

“My skills at extracting information are quite exceptional, you see. I simply seduced a few of the maids there, sent them to heaven a few times in bed, and they spilled everything with just a few questions…”189ef6f8f303507d

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“I, I understand.”bb2821a6a3d2dfbf

Not wanting to know 95d87dd0e0 any more about his fe3dcaeb55 interrogation methods, I quickly 09e067a8bb interrupted him again. I took a small c76115d545 pouch from my purse 26112ce8d5 and placed it on 5e15ca84c2 the table.5a35e51b41b754db

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The man took 0ee7cac1d9 off his glasses, 6c98466541 grinned, and quickly 467955e7a3 snatched the pouch. He opened 0e20e708c4 it, looked 4eceea07d2 inside, and ca9b2f77be bowed obsequiously c5f1fce8e2 with a 8fe4bc5fc2 satisfied smile.126194f4447f3a69

“Thank you very b288d568d1 much. Please come again if 26549faeb4 you have any further ff9ace78c4 inquiries. I’ll do my best.”e96655122221c1af

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Wiping the sweat from 40ea4835c5 my brow, I nodded 609eb9f585 and stood up. I hurriedly left, 9cff81c6e5 and the clear 9e073621b9 chime of the 4a111a12a0 bell rang behind 9a665c65fd me as the 8cfb4bec1e door slammed shut.58c6846dc900e8f6

The stifling summer f69be3ad80 air hit me 3788528ad2 like a wall, c6f2cf260c completely dispelling the 54e97e59fc humid and musty f8e16440a2 smell of the 46ba0df9b0 dingy shop. I breathed a 4a908744cc sigh of relief.687db13c63f0f71f

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Opening my 82b29be0e2 parasol wide c70d3239b5 to shield 07020e0dce my face, 4402bd8419 I quickened c23623a8b7 my pace. At least 275df26830 it hadn’t 773b40f33f been a 2eeccbcb9e completely fruitless 77357dc324 trip.754c0533463c38b0

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I stared blankly at 2b6351ebbc the mirror, lost in fe0a754f1b thought. The red ruby necklace 00f1bf50fa Arthur had given me 5a0b2932e9 sparkled brilliantly against my 6edf8efe8d new cream-colored dress.78c82c01d8d9e7e6

“Madam, the 5e89cda7ac Duke is 3e9a750978 waiting for 3638527ded you.”ef2c537c2dfc832c

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Mary’s voice startled me b7cb9e299e back to reality, and 3e7692b1b5 I quickly stood up. I was going 344561ffe6 to a concert 10a57a4e7a with Arthur tonight, 0d1207af5e a performance by cb1202c7f2 a composer who 5150ee7f0f was creating a 6e107162b7 sensation these days.9687b8e0721bf27a

And this was our first outing as a couple, just the two of us. Arthur had presented the tickets as a surprise gift, and although I had been slightly taken aback, I quickly broke into a wide smile, hugging him and giving him a kiss on the cheek. Though we’d been married for a while, embarrassingly enough, this was our first date.a10bb7d9e3e1f619

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Arthur was 111c45c38d waiting for 4576a97cd6 me downstairs. He looked incredibly handsome b2370a2d71 in his slicked-back suit, 2018fa3d94 his golden hair neatly 9252d8c044 combed back, and my 9608c8d994 heart fluttered as it 969d6c1657 had when I first e68200ce29 met him. I felt as though 6d1a8af536 I was falling for 65bcc52945 him all over again.7b10bf37a7064fe1

Arthur smiled 1299fbdc4b brightly as a22d326217 our eyes 563fc8bdf3 met. He kissed the ee6502e4c9 back of my 00ca6724be hand lightly, his c8d09b315a gaze locked on a417014be0 mine.fddd3f61d2095e90

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“Lily, you 6a8c0d8bac are my 37b528b737 ever-radiant goddess.”85b27334feea085d

Arthur’s smile 0badd884ac was as 061e8553f5 sweet as 100daa83c8 chocolate. I was 3b6baa65a1 also excited 3d4179b68e about our fc22f59e9d long-awaited outing.f2d08edfafd9646d

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“Thank you, Arthur. You look 7e0c4dfd26 very dashing 89e792d320 today, too.”696f9b7af5c8b876

As I turned my 0a9c4ef86a head, I noticed a c4a9f87a5d large shadow looming at 562146f51c the top of the 2cbbde3bb4 stairs in the distance. I knew who it bfde0faec0 was, but I deliberately 0089345f9e avoided looking in that d973e62282 direction.c52a55dd062bc2b0

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We boarded the ad740189be carriage, seen off 796768d0b0 by the servants. As I settled c665c07944 into my seat, 36ea6ed7e0 smoothing out my 34f17ae7fe dress, and the b42380ea66 door closed, I cb0262b214 glanced outside.fd01f892cff8f411

Ethan was standing by the entrance. His hands were thrust into his pockets, and his expression was grim, but he didn’t acknowledge us. He just stood there, watching us silently.d3b8b5ade51e4ea7

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