““Are you questioning the power vested in me by His Excellency?" demanded Treble. "Are you challenging the authority of the Grand Steward himself?" Maxim Childersin let out a long breath, and suddenly it was hard to imagine that smiles had ever found a place on his face. "Yes," he said. "I am challenging the authority of the Grand Steward. The man is dead. He went insane, threw himself into a trifle, and then stabbed himself to death. Yes, after that I do think it appropriate to challenge his authority.””
