29. Despicable errands
Sir Magnus had a revolver pointing straight at us. Louisa rose to her feet, and for a second I thought she was about to charge at them, but she held steady, her face red with sadness and rage.
“Why?” she mouthed bitterly, her eyes burning and flashing.
“Well, perhaps before I kill the meddling Mr Harker and my bothersome brother, I should add something of my own version of events. I did indeed come into a rather large fortune in India. I have spent the intervening years transporting that booty back to London a little at a time. I was afraid if I tried to move it all at once I would have to answer some rather inconvenient questions. And so I established Indus Star, my importation business. It was the perfect cover for transporting my ill-gotten gains. Unfortunatel
