Prince Zaleski

"[...] '"Return. The beginning of the end is come." Whereupon Randolph did return, and in three months from the date of his landing in England, Lord Pharanx was dead.' 'Murdered?' A certain something in the tone in which this word was uttered by Zaleski puzzled me. It left me uncertain whether he had addressed to me an exclamation of conviction, or a simple question. I must have looked this feeling, for he said at once: 'I could easily, from your manner, surmise as much, you know. Perhaps I might even have foretold it, years ago.'[...]".