Chapter Eighteen
Niles, the Caversham House butler, entered with a footman bearing a tray with a pot and several cups. The footman placed the tray on his grace’s beverage sideboard then was gone from the room. The butler poured coffee for the three gentlemen. Michael handed the sealed note to Niles with the instruction that it was to go at once to Haldenwood and delivered directly into His Grace’s hand. Once Niles closed the door to the office, Michael prompted the investigator again.
Cartland closed his eyes as he sipped the warm liquid. Michael did the same, feeling the restorative effects almost instantly. “Yes, my lord, I have had a man leave word that he is following a rented traveling coach leaving London on the Oxfordshire road. Once they are out of the city they will have a diffi
