“I must say, Christopher,” Colonel Turner began, shutting the office door and tugging his mask off his face, “well spotted last week. I had Mrs. Turner talk to Miss Jones. She said it was like pulling teeth but eventually she got the story out of her. The young lady"s been courted by a man with a jealous streak. At first, she found it charming… until he turned violent. She didn"t know what to do and was embarrassed to go to her family since they"d always told her he was no good.”
“So, what happened?” Christopher asked, digging a wad of cotton out of one ear and sinking to a seat at his desk.
“Mrs. Turner and I took her to her father and explained the situation. I believe he had a talk with the young man, and her father"s a butcher, so you can imagine how that went. At any rate, the court
