Wylder's Hand Chapter 49 - Larcom, The Butler, Visits The Attorney

In which an attorney, perplexed by a cryptic letter and troubled by rumours of a gentleman’s confinement, muses over the reliability of appearances and the burdens of secret knowledge. His quiet reflections are punctuated by a conversation with a grave butler and a solemn inquiry into a missing letter, revealing the shadows that lie beneath the surface of genteel society.