About the time of the package deliveries, the Kramers were having breakfast.
The newspapers were filled with the talk of the previous day’s incident. Thanks to the reporters who had attended the launch the day before, the news was not only detailed, it was mixed with real reactions and responses from real parties closely related to the incident.
The launch had been cancelled and Master Kramer, the headliner, had never shown up, but all that did was add fuel, as it were, to the ‘fire.’
Pure press gold.
‘Kramer mine ablaze!’
‘Kramer mine collapses!’
‘Kramer safety issues?!’
Every type of insinuation was being thrown around in various news headlines.
At the breakfast table, the Lord of the Manor was seated brooding darkly. His wife and son were in attendance.
The servants were in at
