Chapter 26

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌⁠Lord Garrow, after much cautious consideration, had decided that Lady Sara could not absent herself from the d'Alchingens' party without exciting unfavourable comment, and so prejudicing her future relationship with the Duke of Marshire. His lordship, in his secret heart, was by no means sorry for Reckage's untimely death. An orthodox faith in a better, happier world assisted his conscience over t