They spent a few minutes gathering what they’d found and packed it all in the strongbox. They took it to Nick and Todd’s stateroom, leaving it with the rest of their trunks.
The large hall outside the billiards parlor had small groups of people milling about and whispering among themselves. Todd and Nick walked quietly amid the groups, trying to listen in on conversations.
“What’s going on?” Todd asked a couple Nick recognized from the previous evenings’ poker games.
The woman shook her head. “They’ve closed all the gambling rooms for now. A body was found in the billiards parlor. I don’t understand why the poker salon needs to be shut down as well.”
“The indignity,” Todd said, nodded to her and the man, and stepped away from them. He turned to face Nick and rolled his eyes. Nudging Ni
