He hadn't seen Ivy Collins in six months, yet he had inadvertently overheard a conversation between Richard Collins and the Watson family about Ivy Collins' upcoming engagement to William Watson.

They were going to announce the wedding date at Ivy Collins' birthday party.

The night before the masquerade ball, he returned to Riverburg, sat in the room related to Ivy Collins, and smoked through the entire night.

Later, he put on a mask, left his ...