A Duke Deceived
“On her orders, the morning room had been converted to a sickroom. A half tester bed now occupied the center of the brightly lit room. On either side of the bed, tables of substantial size featured any number of conveniences: a bell to summon servants, copies of the Morning Post, Royalist and Gazette, playing cards, pen and paper and a water pitcher and drinking glass.
When Bonny heard her husband enter Radcliff House, she hastened to meet him, but the troubled look on his face alarmed her. Had ...Twigs died? Slowly, she approached her husband and placed a tender hand on his arm. “Has something happened to Twigs?” she asked softly.
Her husband’s gaze moved from her hand, resting gently on his arm, to the worried look on her face, and he spoke without emotion. “His man and Evans are assisting him in now.”
“Thank heavens! From your grave face, I thought—well, it does not signify.” She dropped her hand. “Are you all right, sir?”
His eyes darted to the drawing room. “I get along tolerably.”MoreLess
When Bonny heard her husband enter Radcliff House, she hastened to meet him, but the troubled look on his face alarmed her. Had ...Twigs died? Slowly, she approached her husband and placed a tender hand on his arm. “Has something happened to Twigs?” she asked softly.
Her husband’s gaze moved from her hand, resting gently on his arm, to the worried look on her face, and he spoke without emotion. “His man and Evans are assisting him in now.”
“Thank heavens! From your grave face, I thought—well, it does not signify.” She dropped her hand. “Are you all right, sir?”
His eyes darted to the drawing room. “I get along tolerably.”MoreLess
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