Lord of Deceit (Heiress Games book 2)
“Certainly not since her debut. Expensive muslin was made for impressing a man, not for rolling about in the dirt.
She lifted her spyglass to her right eye, squinting. Maidenstone Abbey was half a mile away. From her vantage point on the hill, off at an angle from the house, she could watch anyone who stepped out into the gardens behind the modern wings, as well as anyone coming and going along the main drive. She couldn’t always make out faces, but some guests were dressed distinctly enough... that she could guess their identities. Lucy, at least, she would recognize anywhere, even if she hadn’t done this several times in the last month and learned which hats were still in Lucy’s wardrobe. As long as she didn’t stand or move too quickly, no one would notice her. And if they did, they wouldn’t see who she was.
A more squeamish miss might have refused the advantage of the high ground in this case. She was on her belly in the Briarley family graveyard, where most of the family had been interred over the past three centuries.MoreLess
She lifted her spyglass to her right eye, squinting. Maidenstone Abbey was half a mile away. From her vantage point on the hill, off at an angle from the house, she could watch anyone who stepped out into the gardens behind the modern wings, as well as anyone coming and going along the main drive. She couldn’t always make out faces, but some guests were dressed distinctly enough... that she could guess their identities. Lucy, at least, she would recognize anywhere, even if she hadn’t done this several times in the last month and learned which hats were still in Lucy’s wardrobe. As long as she didn’t stand or move too quickly, no one would notice her. And if they did, they wouldn’t see who she was.
A more squeamish miss might have refused the advantage of the high ground in this case. She was on her belly in the Briarley family graveyard, where most of the family had been interred over the past three centuries.MoreLess
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