Rebel Heiress (2012)
“She had told Rose that she was going to visit Miss Patience Gilbert, and hoped it would be assumed that the elder Miss Gilbert had accompanied her. If her coachman thought it somewhat odd to be ordered to drive to the pagoda in Hyde Park, he was much too well trained to show it. As they approached the pagoda, Henrietta was relieved to see Simon Rivers loitering unobtrusively at the side of the road, and ordered the coachman to draw up. Quick as a flash, Simon was in the coach and the astonished... coachman had received his orders to drive to Richmond. ‘To Richmond?’ Simon lifted one eyebrow in a way so reminiscent of his brother that for a moment Henrietta’s heart stood still.
She hurried to explain: ‘Yes, first to Richmond. There is a child there we must take to Shrovebridge with us.’ Too well bred to show his surprise, Simon changed the subject. ‘Have you heard the news, Miss Marchmont?’ ‘No. Is it a battle, at last?’ ‘No, no, nothing like that. Only that there has been an escape from the Tower.’ ‘From the Tower?MoreLess
She hurried to explain: ‘Yes, first to Richmond. There is a child there we must take to Shrovebridge with us.’ Too well bred to show his surprise, Simon changed the subject. ‘Have you heard the news, Miss Marchmont?’ ‘No. Is it a battle, at last?’ ‘No, no, nothing like that. Only that there has been an escape from the Tower.’ ‘From the Tower?MoreLess
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