It had been a clever way to murder his cousin knowing that it would be difficult in the general confusion of a big shoot to know who had fired the dangerous shot.
What was more, because the Prince of Wales was present, every effort would have been made to hush up the disastrous consequences of the so-called ‘accident’ so that the publicity would not affect His Royal Highness in any way.
‘Captain Goring was clever, very clever!’ Oletha thought, “and because he has failed, I suppose he will try – again.”
She knew then the agony of loving somebody who was in danger, knowing that another time she would not be there to save the Duke.
Martha then came into the room.
“Never in all my born days have I known anythin’ like this happen!” she exclaimed in a scolding voice that told Oletha that sh
