Lord Grenville's Choice
““That’s Elaine!” her cousin said and began to run.
Felicity! Alex followed, dodging high hedges and random statuary. The screaming had stopped, but Winton, like a pointer beagle, kept going. After what felt to be ages, they came upon a crowd surrounding something on the ground.
Nudging themselves through the crowd, Alex and Winton found Felicity and Miss Wilkins in two heaps upon the path, their pockets turned out.
Alex emitted a strangled sound as he knelt by his wife. Mimicking what he had se...en Dr. Caldwell do, he felt Felicity’s wrist with two fingers. After a few horrible moments, he located a faint pulse.
A night watchman ran forward, blowing his whistle. Alex ran his hands desperately over his wife’s person, seeking a knife. When he found none, he pulled off the hat and examined her head. It was not long before he located a large, damp lump on the front of her scalp. His hand came away sticky with blood.
Heart thudding painfully, he called to the watchman, “My wife is hurt, man.MoreLess
Felicity! Alex followed, dodging high hedges and random statuary. The screaming had stopped, but Winton, like a pointer beagle, kept going. After what felt to be ages, they came upon a crowd surrounding something on the ground.
Nudging themselves through the crowd, Alex and Winton found Felicity and Miss Wilkins in two heaps upon the path, their pockets turned out.
Alex emitted a strangled sound as he knelt by his wife. Mimicking what he had se...en Dr. Caldwell do, he felt Felicity’s wrist with two fingers. After a few horrible moments, he located a faint pulse.
A night watchman ran forward, blowing his whistle. Alex ran his hands desperately over his wife’s person, seeking a knife. When he found none, he pulled off the hat and examined her head. It was not long before he located a large, damp lump on the front of her scalp. His hand came away sticky with blood.
Heart thudding painfully, he called to the watchman, “My wife is hurt, man.MoreLess
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