Nell did as he was told, shutting the doors quickly and locking them although he still expected any moment that the constable’s would break it down. Lord Richmond must have discovered by now that his speech was missing.
He reached in his pocket and brought out the papers, handing them wordlessly to Léon and waiting for him to look them over. “Please, I don’t want to do that again. It’s one thing to bring you information about Frenchmen and another to steal from a client. I don’t do that.”