Gabriel: Lord of Regrets
“The book was a first-rate idea to Gabriel’s mind, one of those why-didn’t-I-think-of-it notions smart landowners likely stumbled on independently. Aaron’s record filled in gaps and went a long way toward reassuring Gabriel that Hesketh had been in good hands during his absence. But God above, the parade of petty and not so petty annoyances Aaron had documented beggared description.
Entire herds of cows stuck in the ponds, sheep tearing through huge sections of fence, drainage dikes breaking... so newly planted fields flooded—the list went on and got Gabriel to thinking of a similar run of bad luck they’d had at Three Springs.
His thoughts were interrupted by the prickling sense he wasn’t alone as he gained the library.
“Polonaise?” He spied her dark auburn bun over the back of his favorite couch. The sofa was long enough that he could stretch out on it full length and bake his carcass before the fire.
She waved a hand but didn’t rise or turn, and he saw a handkerchief in her hand.MoreLess
Entire herds of cows stuck in the ponds, sheep tearing through huge sections of fence, drainage dikes breaking... so newly planted fields flooded—the list went on and got Gabriel to thinking of a similar run of bad luck they’d had at Three Springs.
His thoughts were interrupted by the prickling sense he wasn’t alone as he gained the library.
“Polonaise?” He spied her dark auburn bun over the back of his favorite couch. The sofa was long enough that he could stretch out on it full length and bake his carcass before the fire.
She waved a hand but didn’t rise or turn, and he saw a handkerchief in her hand.MoreLess
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