The Tiepolo mystery

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Jo Kilian. The Tiepolo mystery

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The stranger stepped into the light. He wore a green-and white-striped jester costume. Bells hung from his sleeves and belt. His face was hidden behind a half-laughing, half-crying mask. Falkenberg’s dagger, pointing right at him, left him cold. He bent over, with an exaggerated theatrical bow, which meant to accomplish only one thing: provocation.

JO KILIAN

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“Guard your tongue!”

Lorenzo didn’t pay any attention to the unusually sharp word exchange between the servant and master. His thoughts were lost in the moonlight behind the window, where snowflakes danced and covered the world in powdery sugar. Peacefully and inviting it lay, this contrast to noise and sticky air in the ballroom.

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