Cuckoo Hunting

On a night of thunder and pouring rain, Duke Fabienne met with a carriage accident. On the day of the funeral, as an empty coffin was laid to rest, Duke Fabienne, thought to be dead, returned alive. *** He had a waltz performed before his own coffin, turned his younger brother’s funeral into a party-like affair to attract mourners, and every morning, he would sip tea while admiring the tombs of his brothers enshrined in the garden. In high society, rumors spread that Duke Fabienne had gone mad after the carriage accident. He even went so far as to commit the atrocity of revealing to the whole world a secret the royal family had been hiding during the New Year’s banquet…. “I can hear t...