In the Commodore's Hands
“He had left the children with their cousins to go in search of her. ‘She had a visitor earlier,’ his mother told him when he found her taking tea with his sisters in the morning room. ‘It was a Frenchman, an émigré, I imagined, who had come to ask about lessons. I saw him leave a few minutes ago. Where she went after that I do not know. To her bedchamber, perhaps.’ Lisette was not in her room. Hortense was there, busy sponging a gown that Lisette had worn when playing with the children which ha...d become soiled. She had not seen her mistress since breakfast. On the way past the open door of the book room he heard the sound of weeping.
‘Lisette, whatever is the matter?’ he asked, hurrying to sit beside her. ‘Please tell me.’ As she continued to sob, he put his arm about her shoulders and gave her his handkerchief and waited until she calmed herself. It did not occur to him that it was unseemly to hold an unmarried lady in that way. He did what instinct demanded. ‘My mother said there was a Frenchman here.MoreLess
‘Lisette, whatever is the matter?’ he asked, hurrying to sit beside her. ‘Please tell me.’ As she continued to sob, he put his arm about her shoulders and gave her his handkerchief and waited until she calmed herself. It did not occur to him that it was unseemly to hold an unmarried lady in that way. He did what instinct demanded. ‘My mother said there was a Frenchman here.MoreLess
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