“Monsieur,” said Poiret loudly, “you did not only murder a woman by stabbing her in the back like the villain, but you have also been the cause of a woman, not your equal, Monsieur, a simple maid, who took her life, because she could not see how to live without her mistress. Monsieur, even if you leave this room without the confession, the death of two young women, they will forever be on your conscious, forever haunting you.”
The lord turned around and said with a sneer, “Yes, quite!” and left.
The captain of the ship decided due to a lack of evidence to let Scotland Yard investigate the murder. He hurriedly closed the investigation and left.
Lord Charles was not again seen by the other passengers. He took his meals in his cabin and did not leave it for the remainder of the journey.
It was not long after the steward had knocked on all doors to inform them that England’s shoreline was in sight and that they would arrive in three hours that the door to the lord’s cabin opened and two witnesses saw a gaunt and pale Lord Charles, but dressed meticulously in black, walk onto the deck, and look at the shoreline.
When the ship was docked the lord could not be found, no matter how much they looked for him. The captain wrote in his log book, “Eleven thirty, afternoon, Margate. Lord Charles Maxwell is missing, presumed fallen overboard, presumed dead.”
The End
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