“I will.” She finished her tea. “And then I’ll see if I can find out anything more about what she was doing with that damn reiver.” She glanced around the library. “You have hundreds of books in here. You said that you found these two books in the attic at Jamie MacDuff’s residence. What about his libraries? Were there any other journals besides these books?”

“No, but she was evidently a great reader.” He shook his head. “Jamie’s library was purely for show. Fancy covers and not much content. Family history says he was no scholar and never picked up a book. He probably didn’t even know what he had. Jamie preferred hunting and the card tables. I sent a clerk to look the stock over, but he said none of the books in Jamie’s library belonged to Fiona. But evidently, she was a great reader because she told her tutor that she loved Shakespeare and Dickens and poetry.”

“Then where are her books?”

He shrugged. “I have no idea. All I could find were those two in the attic.” He frowned. “Wait. There are supposed to be a few other items belonging to her in a few of the lower storage rooms at the old stable across from the courtyard. We haven’t used that stable for horses since I had the new one built across the lake. But there’s never enough storage on the property so I haven’t gotten around to having the storage rooms cleaned out. Probably nothing of importance is there, or someone would have brought them to the castle when they were searching for her when she disappeared. As I said, I haven’t had time to go through them yet, but feel free to do it yourself.” He added, “Though remember that stable and the lower storage rooms are connected directly to the boat dock down on the shore. I should send someone with you.”

She made a face. “Another guard? Maybe I’ll wait until later.” She got to her feet. “I think I’ll go back to the gallery and take another look at the portrait. You saw something that I didn’t, and I want to know which one of us was right.”

“Good idea. Because I always like to be proved correct. I believe I might have a good chance this time.”

“What? Don’t be cocky, MacDuff.”