“I heard later that Lady Madeleine insisted I be relieved of my duties at Andalusia. Instead, I was appointed to the post for life, if I chose to accept it. I also received a substantial pension for my service to the family. I don't know what was intended by such largesse, but I haven't, until this time, spoken of those events. I pray we don't pay even more terribly for my silence.
“How might we pay more terribly, Lady Allison? At this point, I couldn't say, since we haven't confirmed what we suspect.
“What's that, Ally Dear?”
“She took some of his cells to a geneticist? Your father told you this when?
“Remarkable, and this geneticist your mother hired, Ally Dear, any idea who it was?
“Forgive me for interrupting, Lady Allison, but the process you're describing isn't feasible with the
