Axel
“Mr. Belmont owned a variety of novels, and Gregory had scoffed at fiction.
Women were to read improving tracts, sermons, and recipe books in addition to the Book of Common Prayer and the Bible.
Sometimes I am relieved my spouse is gone. A woman whose husband had been murdered did not dare admit to the same sentiment. Axel Belmont’s honesty had been so welcome, such a relief, Abigail had nearly hugged him for it.
And yet, she’d also been happy to doze through the dinner hour, and sor...ely hoped Mr. Belmont had sought his own chambers for the late evening hours rather than the warmth of the library.
The library door was a few inches ajar, and a murmur of masculine voices drifted into the corridor. For a moment, Abby was thrown back to all the times she’d heard Gregory and Sir Dewey chatting similarly, all the times she’d waited, hand poised to knock, until the conversation had found a natural lull, for Gregory had not tolerated unannounced interruptions.MoreLess
Women were to read improving tracts, sermons, and recipe books in addition to the Book of Common Prayer and the Bible.
Sometimes I am relieved my spouse is gone. A woman whose husband had been murdered did not dare admit to the same sentiment. Axel Belmont’s honesty had been so welcome, such a relief, Abigail had nearly hugged him for it.
And yet, she’d also been happy to doze through the dinner hour, and sor...ely hoped Mr. Belmont had sought his own chambers for the late evening hours rather than the warmth of the library.
The library door was a few inches ajar, and a murmur of masculine voices drifted into the corridor. For a moment, Abby was thrown back to all the times she’d heard Gregory and Sir Dewey chatting similarly, all the times she’d waited, hand poised to knock, until the conversation had found a natural lull, for Gregory had not tolerated unannounced interruptions.MoreLess
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