The Law and the Lady Chapter 9 - The Defeat of the Major

In which the indefatigable Mrs. Woodville negotiates with the ever-polite Major Fitz-David to obtain guarded disclosures concerning her husband’s mysterious past, while navigating interruptions from a peculiar young singer and a noble lady’s floral envoy. Amidst delicate assurances and grave warnings, she takes possession of the keys to a secret-guarded room, embarking quietly on a search that promises revelations of utmost consequence.