Tambor had worked quickly, Fitz thought, reading over the first report from the detective he had hired. Evidently, George Middleton had been living in the area Fitz had seen him since 1889. He lived alone the the woods on a mountain, and generally kept himself, though was known to the local magical community. He apparently had no occupation, but was not impoverished, a peculiar combination.

Fitz could not help but feel as though he knew no more than before; it was not the resounding discrediting of his sight that he had hoped for.

He wrote a reply to Tambor, engaging his efforts for another fortnight.