The invitation arrived on a Tuesday, sealed with black wax and...

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The invitation arrived on a Tuesday, sealed with black wax and stamped with a silver raven. Lord Edmund Ashworth broke the seal in the library, his mother standing behind him with her hands clasped so tightly her knuckles showed white.

"Another suitor," she said, and her voice was not quite a whisper. "Another man who thinks he is clever enough." Edmund read the card. The Lady Catherine Montclair, daughter of the Duke of Warrington, requested the honor of presenting a riddle to any gentleman bold enough to attempt its solution. Should he fail to stump her within three days, he would attend a private dinner at Warrington...

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