Dangerous to Hold (1996)
“Major Carruthers had chosen to sit at the desk, and he was absentmindedly drumming his fingers as he reviewed the facts of the case. They had been talking for more than an hour, going over things in much the same way as she and Marcus had done the week before.
This wasn’t the first conference she’d had with Major Carruthers. They’d met earlier in the week in a back room of a ladies’ dress shop. But it was the first time she had seen El Grande in a long while. She knew that Marcus was fishing at... a friend’s place in the country for a few days. There were no servants in the house; she had encouraged the McNallys to visit their daughter in Twick-enham, and they would not return until the next day.
El Grande caught Catherine’s stare and he smiled. “English summers are hard to get used to,” he said, pointing to the fire in the grate.
“Autumn has arrived early,” she said. He was a year younger than she. But he had a presence that had nothing to do with age. Still, it was not the same presence he’d possessed when he was the leader of the partisans.MoreLess
This wasn’t the first conference she’d had with Major Carruthers. They’d met earlier in the week in a back room of a ladies’ dress shop. But it was the first time she had seen El Grande in a long while. She knew that Marcus was fishing at... a friend’s place in the country for a few days. There were no servants in the house; she had encouraged the McNallys to visit their daughter in Twick-enham, and they would not return until the next day.
El Grande caught Catherine’s stare and he smiled. “English summers are hard to get used to,” he said, pointing to the fire in the grate.
“Autumn has arrived early,” she said. He was a year younger than she. But he had a presence that had nothing to do with age. Still, it was not the same presence he’d possessed when he was the leader of the partisans.MoreLess
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