Smuggler's Glory
““Oh, Francesca dear, there you are! I thought I heard someone, come on in, before you get soaked, we -,”
Francesca sighed as Madeline lapsed into shocked silence at the tall man standing beside her.
“This is Simon Marlbrook,” Francesca warned, glaring pointedly at Madeline in the hopes she would take the hint. She didn’t. “This is Madeline, my companion.”
“Oh, well, hello, Mr Marlbrook,” Madeline replied doubtfully, bobbing into a curtsey.
“Please, call me Simon,” Simon’s lips quirked up slight...ly at the corners and he bowed over her proffered hand. He had no idea if servants below stairs bowed and curtseyed to each other, but until he could garner more information on her position in the household, he was happy to oblige. He wondered why, if she was Francesca’s companion, she hadn’t sought to accompany her charge into the village. His suspicious nature pushed him to discover just what was happening, and why everything around here was so unusual.
“Erm, yes, quite,”MoreLess
Francesca sighed as Madeline lapsed into shocked silence at the tall man standing beside her.
“This is Simon Marlbrook,” Francesca warned, glaring pointedly at Madeline in the hopes she would take the hint. She didn’t. “This is Madeline, my companion.”
“Oh, well, hello, Mr Marlbrook,” Madeline replied doubtfully, bobbing into a curtsey.
“Please, call me Simon,” Simon’s lips quirked up slight...ly at the corners and he bowed over her proffered hand. He had no idea if servants below stairs bowed and curtseyed to each other, but until he could garner more information on her position in the household, he was happy to oblige. He wondered why, if she was Francesca’s companion, she hadn’t sought to accompany her charge into the village. His suspicious nature pushed him to discover just what was happening, and why everything around here was so unusual.
“Erm, yes, quite,”MoreLess
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