Intrigued
“Lady Autumn Leslie declared vehemently. “There is no fun in England or Scotland anymore, thanks to him.”
“Autumn! Dammit! How many times have I warned you to mind your chattering tongue?” her brother, Charles Stuart, Duke of Lundy, said irritably.
“Oh, Charlie, who is to hear me but the servants?” Autumn answered her elder brother pertly.
“Not all the servants can be trusted these days,” the duke replied in soft tones. “Nothing is now as it was. This is not Glenkirk, where the loyal...ty is first to your father and only secondly to the state. The king will one day be back on his throne, but until then we must be discreet. Remember, sister, who my father was, and my uncle, King Charles, God assoil his soul. Remember that while I am the not-so-royal Stuart, I am a Stuart nonetheless. Cromwell and his ilk will never trust me, nor should they, but I must protect my family until this madness is lifted from the land, and my cousin, Charles II, returns to England to govern us in peace.”MoreLess
“Autumn! Dammit! How many times have I warned you to mind your chattering tongue?” her brother, Charles Stuart, Duke of Lundy, said irritably.
“Oh, Charlie, who is to hear me but the servants?” Autumn answered her elder brother pertly.
“Not all the servants can be trusted these days,” the duke replied in soft tones. “Nothing is now as it was. This is not Glenkirk, where the loyal...ty is first to your father and only secondly to the state. The king will one day be back on his throne, but until then we must be discreet. Remember, sister, who my father was, and my uncle, King Charles, God assoil his soul. Remember that while I am the not-so-royal Stuart, I am a Stuart nonetheless. Cromwell and his ilk will never trust me, nor should they, but I must protect my family until this madness is lifted from the land, and my cousin, Charles II, returns to England to govern us in peace.”MoreLess
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