Defiant Impostor
“"Packing some clothes for your husband, Mistress Camille. He said for me to tell you that he's leaving for Norfolk today instead of tomorrow morning." The maid clucked her tongue in disapproval.
"You two must have had some lovers' quarrel. He's in a foul mood, to be sure. He had me fetch Ertha to meet him in the library before he would let me come upstairs, and he told me real angry-like to be quick about filling this bag." Not surprised by this news, Susanna rolled onto her back on the bed and... stared blindly at the canopy overhead.
Should she go to him and apologize? she wondered. Now that she had had an hour or so to think about it, she supposed she couldn't blame him for becoming so upset with her at the pond.
He probably thought his plan for revenge had been ruined because of what she had done. But she wouldn't have said a thing to Ertha if she believed there was the slightest chance the housekeeper might have reacted to the truth any differently than she had. Surely he could see that!MoreLess
"You two must have had some lovers' quarrel. He's in a foul mood, to be sure. He had me fetch Ertha to meet him in the library before he would let me come upstairs, and he told me real angry-like to be quick about filling this bag." Not surprised by this news, Susanna rolled onto her back on the bed and... stared blindly at the canopy overhead.
Should she go to him and apologize? she wondered. Now that she had had an hour or so to think about it, she supposed she couldn't blame him for becoming so upset with her at the pond.
He probably thought his plan for revenge had been ruined because of what she had done. But she wouldn't have said a thing to Ertha if she believed there was the slightest chance the housekeeper might have reacted to the truth any differently than she had. Surely he could see that!MoreLess
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