It Started With a Scandal
“Sneath for quite the rest of the season in exchange for being allowed to keep the completed footman uniforms. The Christmas puddings had been prepared well ahead of time, and she planned a feast of roast goose for the servants.
Lord Lavay would be spending Christmas Day with the Countess and Earl of Ardmay.
He’d been scarce, lately. Her bell had been quiet.
The staff spent a merry day bedecking the house with boughs of greenery, and come evening they sat down to a leisurely, delicio...us, cheerful meal in the kitchen. Everyone drank at least one glass of mulled wine. Elise gave the staff leave to go to bed early, since Lord Lavay wouldn’t be home tonight, and she looked forward to an evening of reading to Jack, then perhaps even reading something delightful for herself. A horrid novel would be perfect.
She arrived in her room, pleasantly full and flushed from the wine, sleepy enough to drop into slumber without counting Lavays, to brush her hair and tuck Jack in and sing him to sleep.MoreLess
Lord Lavay would be spending Christmas Day with the Countess and Earl of Ardmay.
He’d been scarce, lately. Her bell had been quiet.
The staff spent a merry day bedecking the house with boughs of greenery, and come evening they sat down to a leisurely, delicio...us, cheerful meal in the kitchen. Everyone drank at least one glass of mulled wine. Elise gave the staff leave to go to bed early, since Lord Lavay wouldn’t be home tonight, and she looked forward to an evening of reading to Jack, then perhaps even reading something delightful for herself. A horrid novel would be perfect.
She arrived in her room, pleasantly full and flushed from the wine, sleepy enough to drop into slumber without counting Lavays, to brush her hair and tuck Jack in and sing him to sleep.MoreLess
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