Upon arrival at Aux Belles Muses, Lakshmi orders the establishment vacated. Assuming that Galahad is now part of her coalition, she prepares to flee with him. As she says, Whitechapel must be evacuated before the authorities conduct a more brutal housecleaning.
But Galahad announces that he has unfinished business at the Palace. Nikola must be saved; he is owed that much. And the good Sir Lucan, Alistair D’Argyll, will be expecting him. Galahad does not wish to disappoint. Lakshmi offers to accompany him, but this job is Galahad’s alone.
However, the Knight does have unexpected moral support. Downstairs, a former student pays his mentor the benefit of the doubt. As he says, “Two revolutions have taught Lafayette that there are dangers on both sides.”
