Chapter 85

“Not to mention all the balls you’ve been attending lately—and without anyone prodding you to do so.”

That wasn’t necessarily so, but he couldn’t tell her that. He’d started going to balls out of sheer necessity. The Bow Street Runners he’d hired were doing their job, but some places they simply could not follow. The glittering balls were off limits to the Runners, but were often the starting point for Chance and Morleigh’s evenings of revelry. Julien would learn of their plans and then follow.

Tooley and Beeton each followed one of the men during the day. Julien had told them to especially watch Morleigh, hoping he might reveal some clue as to Leander’s whereabouts. Thus far, however, nothing useful had come of it.

“I would be quite pleased by this change if not for the other new habits I’ve been hearing about,” Cordelia said.