Magic in the Stars
“Joseph to examine and wrap her ankle while she picked his brains about the marquess’s plight.
“So there is some hope that his sight might return?” she prodded, when the physician beat all around the proverbial bush.
“Some, just as there is some chance he might keel over dead tomorrow. I do not expect either result. I believe the brain swelling is reduced, but it has damaged the optic nerve,” he said stiffly.
Dr. Joseph was a man in his early thirties, disguising his youth with a prickly brown b...eard and wire-rimmed eyeglasses. Aster noted he peered over them most of the time. She wondered if he might be a good match for Emilia.
What to do about the blind marquess loomed larger in her mind than marrying off Emilia. Aunt Gwenna’s parliamentary bill to help the children was even more important than keeping Iveston from descending into chaos—although Lord Theo might not appreciate that sentiment. How could she force a blind marquess to acknowledge his duties?
“But just as my ankle will recover, Ashford’s optic nerve might,”MoreLess
“So there is some hope that his sight might return?” she prodded, when the physician beat all around the proverbial bush.
“Some, just as there is some chance he might keel over dead tomorrow. I do not expect either result. I believe the brain swelling is reduced, but it has damaged the optic nerve,” he said stiffly.
Dr. Joseph was a man in his early thirties, disguising his youth with a prickly brown b...eard and wire-rimmed eyeglasses. Aster noted he peered over them most of the time. She wondered if he might be a good match for Emilia.
What to do about the blind marquess loomed larger in her mind than marrying off Emilia. Aunt Gwenna’s parliamentary bill to help the children was even more important than keeping Iveston from descending into chaos—although Lord Theo might not appreciate that sentiment. How could she force a blind marquess to acknowledge his duties?
“But just as my ankle will recover, Ashford’s optic nerve might,”MoreLess
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