Any Duchess Will Do
“The carriage was too far away, the traffic too congested. Time dallied in a most impertinent way.
Pauline tried to mollify him. “She’s fine, I’m sure. Perhaps she merely said she was ill so she wouldn’t have to entertain the Awfuls.”
He nodded, hoping she was correct. Still, he could not rest easy until he’d confirmed it with his own eyes.
When they reached Halford House, he took the stairs two at a time and stormed down the corridor to the duchess’s suite. He flung open the door an...d saw her lying in the center of her bed, eyes closed and hands clasped atop the bedcovering.
Motionless.
His veins became ice floes. This couldn’t happen. Not yet. He knew she was getting older and that inevitably her health would fail. But she was still so strong-willed, so alive. She couldn’t do this to him now.
He wasn’t ready to be alone.
“Mother?”MoreLess
Pauline tried to mollify him. “She’s fine, I’m sure. Perhaps she merely said she was ill so she wouldn’t have to entertain the Awfuls.”
He nodded, hoping she was correct. Still, he could not rest easy until he’d confirmed it with his own eyes.
When they reached Halford House, he took the stairs two at a time and stormed down the corridor to the duchess’s suite. He flung open the door an...d saw her lying in the center of her bed, eyes closed and hands clasped atop the bedcovering.
Motionless.
His veins became ice floes. This couldn’t happen. Not yet. He knew she was getting older and that inevitably her health would fail. But she was still so strong-willed, so alive. She couldn’t do this to him now.
He wasn’t ready to be alone.
“Mother?”MoreLess
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