Let Me Be Your Hero
“William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), British writer.
Echoes “Invictus.
In Memoriam R.T.H.B.” (1888) Jamie returned from Edinburgh with disappointing news.
“It was a wasted trip,” he said. “It was already too late by the time I arrived, although I still canna understand how it could have happened so quickly,” he said.
“What mean ye, it was too late?” Fraser asked.
At the moment, they were the only two in the library. Jamie was half sitting, half leaning against the corner of the desk.
Fraser was p...acing slowly about the room with a serious look on his face.
“It seems someone else had already been granted the ward before I arrived.”
“I find that hard to believe,” Fraser said. “Were they given right of marriage as well?”
Jamie shook his head. “Fortunately, no. Only the ward was granted.”
“Did ye find out the name o’ who it was?”
“Och, aye, I found out all right. How do ye like the sound o’ Isobel Lennox and Lord Walter Ramsay as guardians? Or better yet, how do ye think Alasdair would have felt if he knew this would happen?MoreLess
Echoes “Invictus.
In Memoriam R.T.H.B.” (1888) Jamie returned from Edinburgh with disappointing news.
“It was a wasted trip,” he said. “It was already too late by the time I arrived, although I still canna understand how it could have happened so quickly,” he said.
“What mean ye, it was too late?” Fraser asked.
At the moment, they were the only two in the library. Jamie was half sitting, half leaning against the corner of the desk.
Fraser was p...acing slowly about the room with a serious look on his face.
“It seems someone else had already been granted the ward before I arrived.”
“I find that hard to believe,” Fraser said. “Were they given right of marriage as well?”
Jamie shook his head. “Fortunately, no. Only the ward was granted.”
“Did ye find out the name o’ who it was?”
“Och, aye, I found out all right. How do ye like the sound o’ Isobel Lennox and Lord Walter Ramsay as guardians? Or better yet, how do ye think Alasdair would have felt if he knew this would happen?MoreLess
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