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‘Crystobel Elvyng,’ I hissed. ‘She’s been here.’
Jay held up his hands. ‘Hang on. Maybe there’s another explanation.’
‘If so, that would have to be a huge coincidence.’
‘Coincidences do happen. That’s why there’s a word for it.’
‘All right.’
‘And why would Crystobel take it away?’
‘She knows I was up here, and didn’t want us to examine it further.’
‘How would she know that?’
I opened my mouth, and paused. ‘Um. Someone saw me?’
Jay shrugged. ‘Or it has nothing to do with Crystobel.’
‘Why would people randomly move paintings around?’
‘Not at random. I can’t say I paid much attention to the relative positions of the Academy’s paintings in my day, but there are rather a lot of them. And they’re sensitive to light damage, as you well know. The more prominent positions also tend t
