A couple of minutes later he was in the hotel, where he found an unusual revival and turmoil. It seemed that the whole town was here to dive into oblivion. In the center of the crowd, a man, dressed in livery, gesticulated animatedly, and Woodside came closer. The livery of the speaker was very remarkable: this is not often seen in a place forgotten by God. Rather, she would have more suited the servant in the Viscount's house, had the Viscount not been shamefully poor, or in the duke's house. Woodside felt his flesh start to clench. His mood did not improve when he saw the two thugs he had hired to kidnap Arabella: they diligently pumped the ale instead of guarding Bell. Someone intervened and violated his plans, and Anthony was ready to pro-life, that this someone is a cousin to Bell,

