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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xkmBkq5bE
As for Marina, she apparently had no interest in her financial affairs and the bankers deceived her as best they could.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1xrdDLGBU
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:174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LwUI22IOs
- payment for settlement and cash services from inactive accounts with zero balance;174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlv3K3TSQX
- fee for unused credit limit plus interest accrual on the entire limit amount;174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBdiVYa7xL
- 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.
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Marina returned home a week later, her face showing fatigue.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3T4HbY1wq
"You came back quickly," Jalil quipped.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjYBhVnXla
"My tooth started hurting, so I had to come back earlier."
"Did you manage to ask about Bernard?" Jalil inquired.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUqFnt31kd
"Oh, leave me alone, you fool!" Marina flared up. "My tooth hurts and you with your nonsense!"174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndIvFLwWHX
"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!"174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBawPZR0YS
"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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1wyCGzDUu
"So what?"174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KN5zJSICe
"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.
