“You, sir, neither own his newspaper or me so I think you’ll find you cannot tell me to refrain from writing anything.” Joseph said, near shouting now. “Get out, and take your threats with you.”
Lord Edgar had as good as signed his name to the scandals Joseph was going to unearth on him. By the end of the month he’d be the most hated man in London. This sudden desire to see the story retracted and Joseph to stop publishing made him culpable in Joseph’s eyes. He would never have expected a man as highly valued as Lord Edgar to be a part of this conspiracy but it seemed that was how deep the evil ran, how many layers it had infected.