“There’s that...” He pushes the cartridge into the breech, clicking it home. “… But it’s not as though I’m cut out for afternoon tea with the vicar.”
“True.”
His eyes rise to mine. “You going to tell me what the deal is with you and the Haswell woman? You’re supposed to be Jenny’s husband.”
“One of them.”
“Alright, one of them. But what’s with you and Beth Haswell? You seem pretty chummy with her, but no-one blinked. Not even her own husband. And I’d not have thought Richard Haswell was the type to sit back while his wife…”
“Richard offered it. Charlotte has two husbands. I have two wives. We’re a five-cornered family.”
He says nothing for long seconds. Then, “And Jenny’s happy with that?”
“She was one of the instigators.”
Klempner snaps the gun closed. “Stand back. Just because it
