“Lady Elizabeth, I have long been an admirer of your beauty, your elegance and your horsemanship.” “My horsemanship?” “You have an admirable seat and I have no doubt that you would take to country life as a great fat trout takes to a pond,” said Sir John, who was growing increasingly excited, alt...
said Madeleine, as she showed Ned her sketchbook, leaning unnecessarily close to him to do so. They were in the back garden, well within view of her mama and sisters, but Ned still wished the chit would move just a bit further away. He hadn’t wanted to look at the sketches in the first place, b...
At least Ava would now have the means to leave the estate, even if she couldn’t make it all the way to America. She considered her fate as she tried not to meet Colin’s eyes across the table in the kitchen. “It’s all here,” said Maude with some surprise after carefully cou...
He’d spent most of the day and into the evening studying the ledgers he’d taken from Pierce’s house. His neck and back ached. His desk was too small and there was but one comfortable chair in his chamber. Unfortunately, it wasn’t conducive to poring over ledgers, particularly when one of them was...
They’d set off from the inn at dawn, after Mrs. Simmons tried to extract an early morning departure fee from them. They’d decided to keep Anna in her night clothes, since they were less constricting than her gown. The spots had indeed spread all over her body and while she tried not to scratch, i...