Elizabeth Kidd
““You may go,” she said to the coachman, who looked as if he would refuse to leave her there alone, so she added, “Return for me in twenty minutes.”
Still looking doubtful, the coachman nonetheless did as he was bade and drove off. The concierge, recognizing quality even when it did not arrive in a crested conveyance, bowed and inquired how he might help her.
Antonia smiled sweetly through the veil she had artfully fashioned on the way to the hotel from the swath of muslin which had decorated he...r hat.
“I am to meet my cousin here,” she whispered in a breathless tone which she hoped would both disguise her voice and give the doorman the impression that she had an assignation about which she wished him to remain discreet. She pressed a coin into his hand to emphasize this point.
“Certainly, my lady,” said the doorman, bowing. “Please go in and inquire at the desk.”
She entered by the door he held open to her, and it was only when she was standing inside the hotel that Antonia noticed her footman a discreet distance behind her, having apparently followed her in without her knowledge.MoreLess
Still looking doubtful, the coachman nonetheless did as he was bade and drove off. The concierge, recognizing quality even when it did not arrive in a crested conveyance, bowed and inquired how he might help her.
Antonia smiled sweetly through the veil she had artfully fashioned on the way to the hotel from the swath of muslin which had decorated he...r hat.
“I am to meet my cousin here,” she whispered in a breathless tone which she hoped would both disguise her voice and give the doorman the impression that she had an assignation about which she wished him to remain discreet. She pressed a coin into his hand to emphasize this point.
“Certainly, my lady,” said the doorman, bowing. “Please go in and inquire at the desk.”
She entered by the door he held open to her, and it was only when she was standing inside the hotel that Antonia noticed her footman a discreet distance behind her, having apparently followed her in without her knowledge.MoreLess
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