Jude turned to look at his guard, and then slowly started to speak.
''I'm sure you are not aware that Agnes was missing yesterday,'' Jude started to say with a gentle tone.
His guard's eyes shone in shock.
''No. No sir, I am not aware. None of us are aware,'' he said to Jude, literally starting to fidget at the thought of the fact that he was found wanting at his point of duty.
Jude nodded slowly and had a faint and plastic smile on his face.
''Well, Agnes came back unexpectedly, as you know, because you saw her recently, right?'' Jude asked the guard, and the guard nodded.
''Very well. When she came back, she reported to me that it was my good friend, Henry, that lured her away from her mother's house, and brought her here, to his house...'' Jude started to explain.
Jude was
