Agatha had only just arrived the previous afternoon and was already making her presence felt.Ignoring her remark, Céline paused on the step. “I trust you had a pleasant round of morning calls.”“Yes.” She began on the next glove. “Until I came back and heard that you were once again by your butler’s bedside. It’s indecent.”Céline struggled to keep her anger in check. “Listening to your abigail’s tales?”“If my abigail tells me such things, it is because they are all talking of it below stairs.”Céline moved past her, her mind considering what she must do about the servants. Have a talk with Mrs. Finlay or ignore their gossip? Saying anything would only aggravate matters. Servants would always gossip about their employers, but Céline was shaken with how quickly her visits to MacKinnon had become fodder for them.Agatha moved out of her way but followed her as Céline made her way to the sitting room. “You are behaving in a manner unbefitting an earl’s wife.”Céline said nothing until she had entered the room and shut the door behind them.
