"He never seems to be wholly sober- though I do wonder why he suddenly started drinking so much. It wasn't always like this- even Gabriella was a little more cheerful. Impossible to imagine, I know, but-" Edgar shrugs. "They're not miserable just. Different, now."

Six years and suddenly the bottle is so much more appealing than your woman. Odd.

"That depends on if you've spoken to Ignatia and her girls yet, she knows everything."