Folly's Reward (1997)
“She clutched a large cup of hot chocolate in both hands. Helena sat beside her on the chaise longue, one hand laid comfortingly on her knee. Bobby had been put back to bed.
Mrs. Hood was sitting with him. The housekeeper had sworn on her mother’s grave, the soul of her grandfather, and her apron strings, that she would not leave the little boy alone.
“Why must my sons involve themselves in such desperate coils?” Lady Acton asked. “Richard, pray, who would wish to kidnap Harry?”
“Alas, he did no...t tell me.”
Lord Lenwood leaned forward and fixed his black eyes on Prudence. He looked very grave, his winged eyebrows drawn together.
“There’s no doubt that these men wished to capture my brother personally?”
“None at all,” Prudence said. “The man with the eye-patch called him by name. I’m sorry, Lord Lenwood. We thought only Bobby was in danger.”
“Bobby?” Lady Acton fluttered her fan. “Oh, you mean the child, little Lord Dunraven. Why would the boy be in peril?”MoreLess
Mrs. Hood was sitting with him. The housekeeper had sworn on her mother’s grave, the soul of her grandfather, and her apron strings, that she would not leave the little boy alone.
“Why must my sons involve themselves in such desperate coils?” Lady Acton asked. “Richard, pray, who would wish to kidnap Harry?”
“Alas, he did no...t tell me.”
Lord Lenwood leaned forward and fixed his black eyes on Prudence. He looked very grave, his winged eyebrows drawn together.
“There’s no doubt that these men wished to capture my brother personally?”
“None at all,” Prudence said. “The man with the eye-patch called him by name. I’m sorry, Lord Lenwood. We thought only Bobby was in danger.”
“Bobby?” Lady Acton fluttered her fan. “Oh, you mean the child, little Lord Dunraven. Why would the boy be in peril?”MoreLess
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