Chornbook Mysteries

"Sire, a dispatch arrived from Paris. From Duc d''Otrante. Marked ''Extremely Urgent.''"

"What is it, Meneval?"

Claude-Francois Baron de Meneval took his time to respond.

"What is it?" Napoleon repeated impatiently.

"Murder, Sire. Lady Margaret, the Empress''s lady-in-waiting, was found dead in the antechamber at the Empress''s bedroom. Madame Josephine is extremely upset. She believed that Lady Mar...