The sight gave Artemisia pause. Angus Dalrymple had been such a robust man, of penetrating intelligence and full of joie de vivre. To see him now, so reduced by his malady, nearly broke her heart. It was an insult against nature. It was tempting to blame the Almighty for her father’s predicament....
When he found himself set aside not by his choice, solitude was not so pleasing a thing as he’d believed. “His lordship is occupied at present,” the stiffly formal butler said after he informed them his name was Addison. “However, Lord Dorset gave instructions that your every need should be atten...