"Oh," Victor said, at first unsure whether he cared about this information. He probably could have guessed that they'd been at school together, if he'd given the subject any thought, but to be frank his brother's estimation of how she had performed as a schoolgirl was far less impactful than his mother's or friend's thoughts about how she comported herself in society since then. Unless there was something serious that Jasper knew about her that had never come up? There had to be some reason his brother had dropped a glass when he'd heard the news.

"Oh," he said again, with a more serious frown. "Was she quite a beast when you were in school?"

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