Death Comes to London
“After some thought, she’d decided it was far better to bring Anna with her to help out than to go alone. Anna was an excellent and tireless worker, and might prove useful if Lucy needed to lure Lieutenant Broughton away.After establishing that the countess was still in bed, but was more than willing for Lucy to begin cataloguing the dowager’s possessions, the sisters found themselves in the lofty apartment of the deceased dowager. It seemed that she had never relinquished the countess’s formal ...apartment, forcing her son and daughter-in-law to occupy a far more modest suite on the other side of the house.“Good Lord,” Anna breathed. “This will take forever! Why on earth did you offer to help?”Lucy had to agree. The suite of rooms was filled with large, old-fashioned, walnut and teak furniture from a different, more formal century. Boxes were stacked against the walls, and trunks were overfilled with gowns and petticoats made of brightly colored silks and satins that had long gone out of fashion.MoreLess
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