En garde

It’s the year of our Lord 1625, Louis XIII is king, and the scene is the Rue de Vaugirard in Paris, where the famous fencing school L’Ecole d’escrime de combat is located. Morning has broken, and with it, news of a terrible tragedy. Madame Laroche, the founder and head teacher at the school has been found murdered in her bed, stabbed through the heart. The dagger with a jewel-inlaid hilt is still …