Deception (Daughters of Mannerling 3)
“The first was that Rachel, after a restless night, looked feminine and vulnerable, the very thing to quicken Harry’s lecherous senses. The other was that a bottle of brandy appeared on his bedside table.
John, one of the footmen, who had worked for the Beverleys when they were at Mannerling, and had been rude and insolent from the moment he learned of their ruin, had felt sure that Rachel would find a way to have him dismissed as soon as possible after the wedding.
There seemed no doubt that the wedding would take place, as Harry was acting the perfect gentleman and the cellars had been locked up and all the servants had been told not to allow him anything strong to drink.
And so John had ridden into Hedgefield and bought that bottle of brandy and slipped into Harry’s room and placed it tenderly on the bedside table.
Harry was convinced that he only needed a few bracers to make him feel comfortable. But somehow he had drunk most of the bottle without really noticing anything other tha...n the warm glow in his stomach.MoreLess
John, one of the footmen, who had worked for the Beverleys when they were at Mannerling, and had been rude and insolent from the moment he learned of their ruin, had felt sure that Rachel would find a way to have him dismissed as soon as possible after the wedding.
There seemed no doubt that the wedding would take place, as Harry was acting the perfect gentleman and the cellars had been locked up and all the servants had been told not to allow him anything strong to drink.
And so John had ridden into Hedgefield and bought that bottle of brandy and slipped into Harry’s room and placed it tenderly on the bedside table.
Harry was convinced that he only needed a few bracers to make him feel comfortable. But somehow he had drunk most of the bottle without really noticing anything other tha...n the warm glow in his stomach.MoreLess
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