5
THE TRIAL
The four suspects, Damina Melisende Jovien, Sir Galleato, Venerati Magni Lazare, and the Viscount of Cajoulac himself, stood before Estevar, who sat placidly on what had turned out to be a surprisingly comfortable chair. Behind them, the two dozen chanting priests – well, minus Coral, of course – watched the proceedings with confusion.
It must have galled them all, Estevar thought, to bear witness to a mere Greatcoat commanding the obedience of four such powerful figures.
Well, we all have our vexations to bear, do we not, my friends?
‘How do you propose to render a judgment,’ asked Sir Galleato. ‘Given we’ve all seen everything you saw, heard what you heard, and none of us could name the killer or anything about them with what little we know?’
‘Ah, well, as to that, we s
