“The natives say there is nothing more placid than a pond with a crocodile just beneath the surface—until it strikes, at which moment nothing is more horrifying. T="5%"HE="5%" J="5%"OURNALS OF="5%" C="5%"APTAIN="5%" B="5%"ENNETT="5%" W="5%"OLFE Bennett sat in the breakfast room at Howard House and sliced slivers off a peach. Chattering her teeth and chittering happily, Kero accepted the pieces and messily gobbled them down. While pulp and the peach’s tart skin landed around her on the polished m...ahogany table, the butler and his two footmen stood at the opposite end of the room taking turns making disapproving grunting noises.“You sound like a herd of wildebeest,” Bennett commented, glancing at them as he handed over another slice to the monkey. “Or camels. I can’t decide.”Evidently he hadn’t disguised his anger toward Fennington and his brood very well, because they’d all altered their breakfast schedule to avoid sitting with him. While he wouldn’t have minded dining with Geoffrey or his sister, Madeline, he knew himself to be a poor conversationalist—especially with the man who’d conspired with Langley to cut down his reputation.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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