A Summons From the Duke
“Isabel emerged into the corridor, praying with all her might that Lockwell would stay put until they were gone. “What’s happened?”
Emma and Heathfield stood behind him, both looking like the cats that had swallowed the canaries.
“Never mind, Isabel. What were you doing in there when we have a houseful of guests?”
“Reading, of course,” she lied absently, trying to read her sister’s lips at the same time.
Father sighed and looked from her to Emma, then back to her again. “Your brothers ne...ver caused such trouble.”
Isabel highly doubted that. Andrew had been exiled from the country and Phillip had attempted to hang himself. The worst she had done was read a book…or so her father thought. What Emma had done, though, she couldn’t say yet. Emma was dreadful at mouthing words. She looked like a puppy with a mouthful of lard.
“Come,” he said, turning and heading down the corridor again, expecting all of them to follow.MoreLess
Emma and Heathfield stood behind him, both looking like the cats that had swallowed the canaries.
“Never mind, Isabel. What were you doing in there when we have a houseful of guests?”
“Reading, of course,” she lied absently, trying to read her sister’s lips at the same time.
Father sighed and looked from her to Emma, then back to her again. “Your brothers ne...ver caused such trouble.”
Isabel highly doubted that. Andrew had been exiled from the country and Phillip had attempted to hang himself. The worst she had done was read a book…or so her father thought. What Emma had done, though, she couldn’t say yet. Emma was dreadful at mouthing words. She looked like a puppy with a mouthful of lard.
“Come,” he said, turning and heading down the corridor again, expecting all of them to follow.MoreLess
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