Chapter 139

• Lucien
• He was half-amused by his daughter’s elaborate story. He knew she had wanted to see him. Ria was a mastermind at fabricating and he knew for a fact that his youngest son who was not yet a year old, was under the weather. He might not have spoken to his wife but he was keeping himself posted on everything that was happening there, right down to the behaviour of Sophia.
• Beatrice and Beston were his ears and they reported back to him four times a day.