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self-educated man, Morgan had worked his way through the ranks, beginning in the foot patrol and
working his way to the exalted position of chief magistrate. Nick respected that. He also liked Morgan s
characteristic blunt honesty and the fact that he seldom bothered with splitting ethical hairs when a job
needed to be done.
Morgan guided the runners with an iron hand, and they respected him for his toughness. His only
apparent vulnerability was his wife, a small but lovely woman whose mere presence could make her
husband start purring like a cat. One could always tell when Lady Morgan had visited the offices at Bow
Street, leaving a bewitching trace of perfume in the air and a happily bemused expression on her
husband s face. Nick was amused by Sir Grant s obvious weakness where his wife was concerned, and
he was determined to avoid such a trap. No female was ever going to lead him around by the nose. Let
Morgan and Sir Ross make fools of themselves over their wives he was much smarter than they.
Welcome back, the magistrate said, leaning back in his chair to regard him with sharp green eyes.
Have a seat. I assume your return means that you have concluded your business with Lord Radnor?
Nick took the chair across the desk. Yes. I found Miss Howard in Hampshire, working as a lady s
companion to the dowager countess of Westcliff.
I am acquainted with Lord Westcliff, Morgan remarked. A man of honor and good sense and
perhaps the only peer in England who doesn t equate modernity with coarseness.
For Morgan, the comments were akin to wildly effusive praise. Nick made a noncommittal grunt, having
little desire to discuss the many virtues of Westcliff. After tomorrow, I will be ready for new
assignments, he said. I just have one last matter to clear away.
Although Nick had expected that Morgan would be pleased by the information after all, he had been
absent for two months the magistrate received his words in a surprisingly distant manner. I ll see if I
can find something for you to do. In the meantime
What? Nick stared at him with open suspicion. The magistrate had never displayed such diffidence
before. There wasalways something to be done& unless the entire London underworld had elected to go
on leave at the same time Nick had.
Looking as though he wanted to discuss some volatile matter but had not been given permission to do
so, Morgan frowned. You need to visit Sir Ross, he said abruptly. There is something that he wants to
communicate with you.
Nick didn t like the sound of that at all. His suspicious gaze met with Morgan s. What the hell does he
want? As one of the few people who knew about Nick s secret past, Morgan was well aware of the
agreement Nick had made three years earlier and the difficulties between him and his esteemed
brother-in-law.
You ll have to learn that from Sir Ross, Morgan replied. And until you do, you will receive no
assignments from me.
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What have I done now? Nick asked, suspecting that some kind of punishment was being inflicted on
him. Swiftly he mulled over his actions of the past few months. There had been the usual minor
infractions, but nothing out of the ordinary. He found it infuriating that Sir Ross, despite his so-called
retirement, still had the ability to manipulate him. And Morgan, damn his eyes, would never go against Sir
Ross s wishes.
Amusement flickered in Morgan s eyes. To my knowledge, you ve done nothing wrong, Gentry. I
suspect that Sir Ross wishes to discuss your actions at the Barthas house fire.
Nick scowled. Two months earlier, just before taking the commission from Lord Radnor, he had
received an on-duty summons to run to the fashionable quarter near Covent Garden. A fire had started in
a private house belonging to Nathaniel Barthas, a rich wine merchant. Being the first constable to arrive
on the scene, Nick had been informed by onlookers that no one in the family had been seen to exit the
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