Chapter 24 Summary

Roland and Maud are back at her flat in Lincoln. Euan MacIntyre calls and invites them both to dinner. They are surprised, but they accept. When Maud and Roland arrive for dinner, they are met by Euan, Val, and Toby Byng. Euan has an idea about Christabel and Randolph that he would like to discuss. Euan and Toby looked in some old deed boxes, and they found a piece of paper that Christabel dictated to her sister Sophia on her deathbed. It leaves all of her books and papers and copyrights to Maia Thomasine Bailey. Maia is Maud's great-great-great grandmother. So Euan and Toby believe that Maud is the true owner of the letters. The group thinks through their options. They agree the letters should not go to Cropper, but they want to find some way for Sir George to profit so that...