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The rider came just after dawn on an exhausted horse, carrying an urgent message. Adam and Letty were in the drawing room with Tyburn when one of Tyburn’s footmen rushed inside.
“What is it, lad?” All three people present in the drawing room stood.
“A messenger, my lord. From England. He says he has an urgent message for Lord Morrey.”
A pit formed in Adam’s stomach as he and Tyburn exited the room to speak with the messenger. The man who stood in the entryway looked travel weary.
“I am Lord Morrey,” Adam told the young man.
“My lord, Mr. Russell said you must return to London at once.” The young man gazed at him with fearful eyes.
“What? Why?”
“I was told to tell you that the fifth of November should never be forgot. That was all he told me, that and to come to the Marquess of R
