The hours following the conclusion of the Grand Inquest had been wrapped in a deceptively tranquil stillness. In the private music salon of the western sea-tower, the only sound was the deep, resonant voice of Camilla’s 1712 Goffriller cello. Camilla sat beneath the arched stone window, playing the sarabande from Bach’s Fifth Suite. The mournful, noble chords drifted out into the midnight mist, carrying across the dark Mediterranean waters three…
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