Beloved
“All right, think about it. Take the rest of the month. But two weeks is all you've got. After the holidays, his resignation takes effect, and I have to appoint someone." "I promise to let you know by then," Simon assured him.
"Now, to better things. Are you coming to the Starks's Christmas party?" "I'd have liked to, but my brothers are throwing a party down in Jacobsville and I more or less promised to show up." "Speaking of the 'fearsome four,' how are they?" "Desperate." Simon chuckled. "Cor...rigan phoned day before yesterday and announced that Dorie thinks she's pregnant. If she is, the boys are going to have to find a new victim to make biscuits for them." "Why don't they hire a cook?" "They can't keep one. You know why," Simon replied dryly.
"I guess I do. He hasn't changed." "He never will," Simon agreed, referring to his brother Leopold, who was mischievous and sometimes outrageous in his treatment of housekeepers. Unlike the other two of the three remaining Hart bachelor brothers, Callaghan and Reynard, Leopold was a live wire.MoreLess
"Now, to better things. Are you coming to the Starks's Christmas party?" "I'd have liked to, but my brothers are throwing a party down in Jacobsville and I more or less promised to show up." "Speaking of the 'fearsome four,' how are they?" "Desperate." Simon chuckled. "Cor...rigan phoned day before yesterday and announced that Dorie thinks she's pregnant. If she is, the boys are going to have to find a new victim to make biscuits for them." "Why don't they hire a cook?" "They can't keep one. You know why," Simon replied dryly.
"I guess I do. He hasn't changed." "He never will," Simon agreed, referring to his brother Leopold, who was mischievous and sometimes outrageous in his treatment of housekeepers. Unlike the other two of the three remaining Hart bachelor brothers, Callaghan and Reynard, Leopold was a live wire.MoreLess
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