Patricia Wynn
“Lady Mewhinny expressed her delight at being allowed to keep Susan a few more days, and Mr. Petworthy was obliged to swallow his irritation.
“We shall count ourselves fortunate to be amongst such pleasant company, shall we not, Sodporth?” he said, smiling at Susan through clenched teeth.
They were at the breakfast table, where, much to Susan’s discomfort, the gentlemen had appeared as early as she and Lady Mewhinny were wont to do. Mr. Sodporth beamed upon her, but did not reply owing to the fu...llness of his mouth. His friend was not so speechless, however.
“It would seem your household will be obliged to suffer a certain degree of alarm on your behalf,” he said. “I cannot believe they are used to such extraordinary delays in your arrival.” The look he directed at her was full of suspicion.
Alarmed to see that her motives for staying were already open to doubt, Susan was forced to reply with a false degree of composure, “Tom will ’ave sent word to my ’ousekeeper zat we are unavoidably detained, but it does not really matter.MoreLess
“We shall count ourselves fortunate to be amongst such pleasant company, shall we not, Sodporth?” he said, smiling at Susan through clenched teeth.
They were at the breakfast table, where, much to Susan’s discomfort, the gentlemen had appeared as early as she and Lady Mewhinny were wont to do. Mr. Sodporth beamed upon her, but did not reply owing to the fu...llness of his mouth. His friend was not so speechless, however.
“It would seem your household will be obliged to suffer a certain degree of alarm on your behalf,” he said. “I cannot believe they are used to such extraordinary delays in your arrival.” The look he directed at her was full of suspicion.
Alarmed to see that her motives for staying were already open to doubt, Susan was forced to reply with a false degree of composure, “Tom will ’ave sent word to my ’ousekeeper zat we are unavoidably detained, but it does not really matter.MoreLess
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