“She examined hundreds if not thousands of drawings and photographs of known thieves, especially men called Abramo,” he said. “Then last night our carriage was held up in the road and she recognised one of the men who had been at the Rose and Crown coming down the steps of a large house.”
The Ambassador gave a loud exclamation.
“She actually saw him coming out of a house?” he quizzed. “Where was it?”
“The Chief of Police recognised it as Palazzo Labrama.”
The Ambassador stared as if he felt he could not have heard correctly.
“The home of Prince Vasaro!” he exclaimed. “I do not believe it!”
“Unfortunately it is true and the man Shana saw had simultaneously seen her.”
He then recounted what had happened later that night and how only by the mercy of God he had heard Shana calling for h
