“She hoped and she dreaded as she got gingerly out of bed that she would not have to go through the nausea and dizziness again that morning and each day for the next two months or so. But any fear—or should it be hope?—that her indisposition of the morning before had had another cause was soon put to rest.She was still not feeling quite the thing when Piers arrived to take his leave of her, but she was dressed in her smartest morning dress and had had Penelope dress her hair in its most becoming... style. And she was smiling.“Piers,” she said when he was shown into the drawing room, “you are on your way. You have a better day for travel than yesterday would have been.”“Yes,” he said. “Altogether too good to be cooped up inside a carriage, by the look of it. Perhaps I will squeeze up onto the seat between Maurice and Joe. Or send Joe to sit inside. I am sure he would enjoy the sleep.”“Joe is not your coachman, by any chance, is he?” she asked.“The very fellow,” he said with a grin.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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