Rebecca
“After watching his disquiet for an hour, Lady Margaret said, “Why are you acting like a caged tiger, Nicholas? They are just a little late. I’m sure they were delayed at Beckwith Grange.”
“They should have been back long before this. Rebecca said they would be home before dinner time. It is past that already.” He did not explain why he had expected the carriage to return to Foxbridge Cloister quickly. What he and Rebecca shared enraged his mother. Much more calmly than he felt, he said, “I thin...k I will ride out to meet them.”
“Fine!” she snapped. “Just do not feel the fool when you learn they have just been having a pleasant chat with Clarisse and forgot to keep an eye on the time. It’s just like that woman you married—”
Enraged, he turned as he was about to leave. “That’s enough, Mother! Both Rebecca and I have had to endure your nasty comments. She has not once complained to me about your crass behavior. In fact, she has asked me more than once not to let you know how your intolerable actions have hurt her and me and Eliza.MoreLess
“They should have been back long before this. Rebecca said they would be home before dinner time. It is past that already.” He did not explain why he had expected the carriage to return to Foxbridge Cloister quickly. What he and Rebecca shared enraged his mother. Much more calmly than he felt, he said, “I thin...k I will ride out to meet them.”
“Fine!” she snapped. “Just do not feel the fool when you learn they have just been having a pleasant chat with Clarisse and forgot to keep an eye on the time. It’s just like that woman you married—”
Enraged, he turned as he was about to leave. “That’s enough, Mother! Both Rebecca and I have had to endure your nasty comments. She has not once complained to me about your crass behavior. In fact, she has asked me more than once not to let you know how your intolerable actions have hurt her and me and Eliza.MoreLess
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