Art And Artifice
“Emily wanted to seize one of the Wedgwood vases on the mantel and hurl it after James Cropper’s rapidly departing body. Well, she’d said it before, and it seemed as if she must say it again. If he would not stop Lord Robert, she would.
“Who was that?” Lady Minerva asked, frowning after him. “I thought Warburton said you had a caller.”
“No one of import,” Emily assured her. “I am persuaded I can do much better without his attendance.”
“Well, certainly,” Lady Minerva said. “Though you were a bit ...ham-handed this morning. Half of London must know you suspect Lord Robert of skullduggery by the way you dashed about.”
Emily sighed. “You saw us.”
“I see most things.” Her aunt went to the sofa, took a seat, and patted the upholstery next to her. “Come. We should talk.”
Emily went to sit, resigned to a scolding.
Though the firelight played across her aunt’s stern features, it did not warm them.
“I do not wish to marry Lord Robert Townsend,” she told her aunt.MoreLess
“Who was that?” Lady Minerva asked, frowning after him. “I thought Warburton said you had a caller.”
“No one of import,” Emily assured her. “I am persuaded I can do much better without his attendance.”
“Well, certainly,” Lady Minerva said. “Though you were a bit ...ham-handed this morning. Half of London must know you suspect Lord Robert of skullduggery by the way you dashed about.”
Emily sighed. “You saw us.”
“I see most things.” Her aunt went to the sofa, took a seat, and patted the upholstery next to her. “Come. We should talk.”
Emily went to sit, resigned to a scolding.
Though the firelight played across her aunt’s stern features, it did not warm them.
“I do not wish to marry Lord Robert Townsend,” she told her aunt.MoreLess
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