The Blog of Roon

So, that column of smoke near Irkutsk? I was half-right.

It was a supply depot. It just wasn’t the one Margaret and Shirley investigated a while back. It was the next one on. Selena Theopolis is now officially in bad, bad trouble; she can’t make it to Irkutsk with two depots destroyed.

The second destroyed depot ever so looks like deliberate sabotage. Three dogs shot, and unfamiliar footprints leading away. It does look as though the student made it out safely, at least.

Shirley and Margaret are going to try to track the perpetrator, along with their guide. Seems a shame to waste a visible trail. They’re also going to leave edibles for the dirigible crew when it lands, and of course they’ll send help on the double when they get to Irkutsk themselves.

Stay tuned. This could get ugly. Shirley would never shoot first—but Margaret will.

Oh, and my guess about the Scotland Yard mole was wrong, but even Li admitted it was plausible. Go me.

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