Marina did not return home either the day after tomorrow or the day after the day after. At first, Jalil was worried that Marina might have told the palace guards about him. But then he decided not to worry, he had gotten out of worse scrapes than this, let them just try, they would immediately find out how an officer of the Crimean Khan's guard could fight.
The day passed slowly, Mehmed brought him breakfast and after breakfast Jalil studied the financial documents of the Fireman sisters.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCGfyNphsz
As for Marina, she apparently had no interest in her financial affairs and the bankers deceived her as best they could.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrQ5pleWQ3
First of all, Jalil sent an application to the tax office to deregister taxable land that has long been seized by impudent Ostrogoths.
But what the banker serving Marina did defies any rational explanation:8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVtt2dPWit
- payment for settlement and cash services from inactive accounts with zero balance;8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIj8lQ4xap
- fee for unused credit limit plus interest accrual on the entire limit amount;8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAXZW0bExZ
- payment of a monthly premium for the urgency of transfers to Italy. Marina had no payments to Italy or any financial interests in Italy at all.
---
Marina returned home a week later, her face showing fatigue.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYefaDhq4Ec
"You came back quickly," Jalil quipped.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsHNN6NxKi
"My tooth started hurting, so I had to come back earlier."
"Did you manage to ask about Bernard?" Jalil inquired.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOESFj1FDqb
"Oh, leave me alone, you fool!" Marina flared up. "My tooth hurts and you with your nonsense!"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkRL4631qp
"Listen, this is not nonsense!" Jalil got angry and grabbed her hand. "My mistress's husband was killed! Your sister killed him on Bernard's orders!"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0SsZ3Sw0m
"Why did you decide that Irene killed him?" Marina pulled her hand out of Jalil's grip, but Jalil wasn't holding on too tightly.
"It would be better for you either to find Bernard or for Irene to come back and tell everything voluntarily," Jalil looked at her ominously.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8rEtU06mJ
"So what?"8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfjW63fVaP
"I don't know yet, I'll think of something. I'll go to sleep, and you send a servant to the pharmacy to buy you some poultice for your tooth," Jalil turned around and went to his room.
