In the yellow drawing room of Buckingham Palace, it was so quiet you could almost hear the wind outside in the garden.
Arthur sat alone by the window, reviewing the documents he had brought with him.
The attendant had already added two servings of tea for him. Normally, Arthur never waited this long whenever he came to Buckingham Palace, but perhaps Victoria worried coming too early would expose her eavesdropping next door, or maybe she needed some time to calm her emotions...
Half an hour quickly passed.
For others, this was just the usual procedure of awaiting a monarch's summons.
However, for those familiar with Arthur, this was unimaginable patience.
If his subordinates at Scotland Yard saw Arthur now, calmly savoring his second cup of tea, they'd likely suspect that Sir Arthur had been replaced by some Devil.
Of course, within the world of Scotland Yard, there were multiple versions of Sir Arthur's image.
