Devon clasped his hands behind his back, stepping closer to the wall to avoid the rush to form up the next set. Two matrons standing nearby eyed him hungrily, the stouter one inclining her head at her daughter in the hopes that the Hero of Hougoumont might ask her to dance. Thankfully, an older g...
‘Yes?’ she answered testily as Davies entered the room. ‘Captain Russell and his guest have arrived.’ Tossing down the pencil, she sat back in the chair, needing just a few more minutes to finish balancing the accounts. ‘They’re early.’ ‘I believe they are on time.’ She lo...
“He’s early.” She fumbled with the buttons of her maroon pelisse, unable to get them through the holes. “He’s not early my dear, you’re late.”Aunt Mary gently pushed Charlotte’s hands aside and did up the last few buttons. “It’s very unlike you.” “I know.” The number of things unlike her was grow...
Reaching into the centre of the table, her hands shook as she scooped up the small pile of coins. She shouldn’t have taken a chance with her money, but Lady Thornton’s card party was no place to be frugal, not when pretending to be wealthy. Palming one coin, she examined the face imprinted on the...
‘Is that one of your compositions?’ Sir Warren applauded as he approached. The fall of his feet on the wooden floor was as melodious as a well-played drum and the sound of it tripped through her as powerfully as his voice. His welcome eased the tension which had marred her...
Mary asked as she intertwined her fingers with his over his bare stomach. The light of the full moon fell in through the window and turned everything a glittering shade of silver. She lay next to Charles, resisting sleep and the arrival of the harsh morning light. Their last night together had en...