Bride of a Stranger (Classic Gothics Collection)
““Ah, you are better,” she said, her eyes moving over Claire’s face, noting the clearness of her eyes. “No one told me.”
Claire smiled at the surprise on the woman’s voice. “I’m not sure anyone knows,” she replied in a voice that she was startled to find much weaker than her usual tones. “I seem to have just gotten rid of my muddled head, and I don’t believe that I have fever now at all.”
“That is good,” Berthe said, nodding with a thoughtful expression in her eyes.
“I have been lying here wonde...ring where Octavia is. This seems to be the first time I have awakened that she was not near.”
“Very true. She has stayed by you night and day. Now she is indulging in a much-needed rest. I confess I helped her. I put a bit of laudanum in her cordial, and suggested that she lie down. She was exhausted, quite done-in, and I’m sure she will thank me for it.”
A spasm of disquiet seized Claire, then was gone as quickly as it had come. “What has become of Justin?MoreLess
Claire smiled at the surprise on the woman’s voice. “I’m not sure anyone knows,” she replied in a voice that she was startled to find much weaker than her usual tones. “I seem to have just gotten rid of my muddled head, and I don’t believe that I have fever now at all.”
“That is good,” Berthe said, nodding with a thoughtful expression in her eyes.
“I have been lying here wonde...ring where Octavia is. This seems to be the first time I have awakened that she was not near.”
“Very true. She has stayed by you night and day. Now she is indulging in a much-needed rest. I confess I helped her. I put a bit of laudanum in her cordial, and suggested that she lie down. She was exhausted, quite done-in, and I’m sure she will thank me for it.”
A spasm of disquiet seized Claire, then was gone as quickly as it had come. “What has become of Justin?MoreLess
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