`` whether or not you had intent to steal it is beside the point , '' dad said , pacing a little circle around the room , the maps fluttering in his wake . `` you look like you 're relaxing a little , too . so they are selling them back to the people ? `` it was like i said in the letter . '' she pulled her clutch beneath her arm . dan said , and he stood up taller so he could scan the crowd . 'you lived on a bloody great country estate ? 