Painted Pearls
"Why call on me, now? I am no longer under the employ of the police force, remember?"
"People have died!"
"Yes; that is, generally speaking, what people do."
Richard sat back in his chair, his large arms drooping over the rests. He did not glance up, but looked very much like a man who has been forced into the irritating position of begging his younger brother for a large favour. "His royal highness' wife. Princess Stella." He grudgingly said at last, glaring into the fire. "She was found this morning, same as all the others: asphyxiated, tongue…missing."
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