A Compromising Day for Ruby Ogden (гет)

This second installment of the Queen's Plate series is from the point of view of Ruby Ogden. The story was inspired by the episode, The Kissing Bandit (Murdoch Mysteries season 4, episode 12). This takes place one year prior to that episode, in June 1897 at the Woodbine race course/Ontario Jockey Club, along the shores of Lake Ontario in eastern Toronto.
Crabtree looked up from his notepad. He asked, “Ruby Ogden?” Recognition hit him like man who’d asked for a glass of water, but had been given a shot of gin instead.
I had to think fast. I would not have Crabtree ruining my investigation.