Cross the Ocean
“Elizabeth said as she helped a maid pack her trunk.
“I’ll go in a moment.”
Elizabeth sent Melinda to finish packing. She walked down the busy hallway, nodding to other departing guests.
“Lady Elizabeth?”
She turned. “Yes, Benson?”
“Have you by any chance seen my master, The Duke of Wexford this morning?”
“Why, no, I haven’t,” Elizabeth replied. “We’re nearly ready to go. Is he packed?”
“Oh, yes, ma’am,” Benson said. “All done.”
“Maybe he took a last ride this morning. He dearly covets Morgan’s ...stables,” Elizabeth said with a smile. She laid her hand on the clearly agitated servant’s arm. “He’ll be by shortly, I’m sure.” She turned to leave but the servant remained. “Is there something else, Benson?”
The man’s eyes darted and he swallowed. “No, ma’am.”
Elizabeth titled her head. “Are you sure?”
Benson stepped closer and whispered. “His grace’s bed was not slept in.”
“Oh, la, dee. Surely that has happened before, Benson,”MoreLess
“I’ll go in a moment.”
Elizabeth sent Melinda to finish packing. She walked down the busy hallway, nodding to other departing guests.
“Lady Elizabeth?”
She turned. “Yes, Benson?”
“Have you by any chance seen my master, The Duke of Wexford this morning?”
“Why, no, I haven’t,” Elizabeth replied. “We’re nearly ready to go. Is he packed?”
“Oh, yes, ma’am,” Benson said. “All done.”
“Maybe he took a last ride this morning. He dearly covets Morgan’s ...stables,” Elizabeth said with a smile. She laid her hand on the clearly agitated servant’s arm. “He’ll be by shortly, I’m sure.” She turned to leave but the servant remained. “Is there something else, Benson?”
The man’s eyes darted and he swallowed. “No, ma’am.”
Elizabeth titled her head. “Are you sure?”
Benson stepped closer and whispered. “His grace’s bed was not slept in.”
“Oh, la, dee. Surely that has happened before, Benson,”MoreLess
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