Contents

I

RULE, BRITANNIA

THE KNIGHT ERRANT

THE GAUNTLET

THE BROKEN LANCE

THE INSPECTOR

INTERROGATION

THE VIGIL

II

SOTHEBY MANOR

THE VEIL OF VERONICA

RETURN TO LONDON

THE LONDON PAPERS

A RICHER DUST CONCEALED

BROLLY’S

THE SUSSEX PAPERS

III

DINNER, I SUSPECT

PORT BUT NO CIGAR

MAYFAIR IN THE DARK

CARDS ON THE TABLE

IV

THE VAULT

THE EMPIRE’S BEST SERVANT

THE HOUSE OF WANDS

EXIT THE HIGH PRIESTESS

A KNIGHT IN HIS CUPS

UNSEATED

V

EMILY’S EFFECTS

THE KING OF COINS

RECOVERY

THE MAGICIAN BEHIND BARS

DENOUEMENT

THE FINAL JOUST

AFTERMATH