Luther was seated on his throne the next day in the courtroom. Mallory had filed a complaint a day before against a fellow mistress — Almira, for insolence, verbal abuse and physical assault.
Luther didn't want to act rashly, so he had decided to conduct an investigation on this day and ordered the common maids at the scene to be fetched.
He didn't want to spend time querying the private maids as they might act tough or even hesitate to speak.
"Tell me." His voice was quite stern, installing fear on the minds of the maids present. "...what exactly happened there?"
The maids hesitated to speak.
Luther could tell they were much afraid. They dared not lie to him but yet also dared not offend Mallory if she had indeed bribed or threatened them.
Luther knew how shrewd his mistresses were — Mallory wasn't an exception.
These must all be her plan to get Almira highly punished.
