the last to join us, the first to leave us.
-- they may have instituted proceedings against you.
the castle represents every anachronism that needs to be destroyed if progress is to be made.
the castle will deny he was there any longer than his business required. they're just file clerks up there. no doubt he was handed over to the police with the utmost discretion.
-- to correct a small discrepancy, you may recall.
-- what if it was a large discrepancy?
-- or he was even more an innocent victim than that -- he was chosen to bear the blame if the crime was uncovered by anyone else.
-- kidnapped or murdered? because your connection with eduard was obvious and above board -- not as easily misconstrued.
-- people die for such discrepancies.