Lord of Devil Isle
“But honestly, Nicholas Scott was not an easy patient.
He was moody. She never knew whether he’d present her a courteous face or a snarling one.
He seemed determined to exhaust himself every day. He pushed himself further than he ought, striding the decks making sure the operation of the Susan Bell was humming along, putting his own back into whatever heavy labor presented itself, especially if she warned against it.
He was short with everyone, even Mr. Higgs. And when had Peregrine Higgs ever done anything but support him, even when he not-so-secretly disagreed with Nicholas?
And most puzzling of all, after sweet-talking her into doffing her gown and climbing into his bed, he’d insisted Eve take the bunk for her own. He had strung up a hammock for himself from the low beams of his cabin ceiling.
But he didn’t like to lounge in it when he wasn’t sleeping. So he sprawled on a blanket on the hard cabin floor this evening, one arm behind his head, the other propping his copy of The Arabia...n Nights on his chest.MoreLess
He was moody. She never knew whether he’d present her a courteous face or a snarling one.
He seemed determined to exhaust himself every day. He pushed himself further than he ought, striding the decks making sure the operation of the Susan Bell was humming along, putting his own back into whatever heavy labor presented itself, especially if she warned against it.
He was short with everyone, even Mr. Higgs. And when had Peregrine Higgs ever done anything but support him, even when he not-so-secretly disagreed with Nicholas?
And most puzzling of all, after sweet-talking her into doffing her gown and climbing into his bed, he’d insisted Eve take the bunk for her own. He had strung up a hammock for himself from the low beams of his cabin ceiling.
But he didn’t like to lounge in it when he wasn’t sleeping. So he sprawled on a blanket on the hard cabin floor this evening, one arm behind his head, the other propping his copy of The Arabia...n Nights on his chest.MoreLess
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