Was Bodo the reason the viscountess had headed into the slums? There was nothing else to go on. Adelbert seemed certain that was the reason. He howled in anguish like a wounded beast.
"Mort, that son of a bitch, worked with Viscount Neunil to lure Amalia there. Now it all finally makes sense. They used your retainer to get to Amalia! To that poor girl!"
"Is there proof that Bodo is Viscount Elsheimer's illegitimate child?"
"Only the late Amalia or those bastards would know!"
For Adelbert, who had known nothing of Bodo's kidnapping, Amalia's death must have been both an agony and a mystery. And that proof, if it existed, was in the hands of the very men who had killed her.
Perhaps Viscount Elsheimer had left behind some clue, and Mort or Amalia had discovered it, bringing about this outcome. But why had Amalia gone to the trouble of tracking down her father's illegitimate child in the first place?
"How did Mort and the viscountess usually get along?"
