A Kiss For Midwinter (The Brothers Sinister) - Plot & Excerpts
He’d given the boy a dose of ether when he’d set the leg, enough that he’d not been in his right mind by the time he left. Henry had waved him off, grinning goofily. It was his father who looked on grimly.This morning, the drug had worn off. Henry was propped up in a chair with nothing to do but look out the window. His pupils had returned to normal size; his eyes were sunken and dark.Lydia came forward and sat in a chair next to the boy. While Jonas checked his vital signs, she introduced herself.“I am Miss Lydia Charingford,” she said warmly. “Doctor Grantham asked me to come because he thought I needed to see an example of someone who conducts himself with decorum under difficult circumstances.”Henry—who had slouched every minute that Jonas had known him—straightened subtly. “He did?”“He did,” Lydia said, with absolutely no regard for the truth. “And I can see that he chose a good subject.”“Right.” Henry nodded. “Speaking of difficult circumstances.
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