The Counterfeit Gentleman (1994)
“Instructing him to wait for her, she entered the premises alone and without undue problems, sold for a bit more than £3,000 a diamond bracelet that had come to her from her mother.
“We shall be happy to hold this back for a week or two,” the clerk assured her, “in the event that you might wish to redeem it.”
She did nothing to correct his impression that she had lost more at cards than she wished to confess to her husband, but it was more difficult to fool Little Davey, whose suspicions were ar...oused the minute she walked out of the jeweler’s shop without Lady Edington.
For a moment she considered lying to him and claiming that her friend had sent ‘round a note postponing their meeting, but she changed her mind when she realized that she could not under any circumstances go alone to a rendezvous with a known murderer.
Nor would it avail her to seek Adeline’s help, for though Bethia had no doubt her friend would find it a marvelous adventure, two unescorted ladies were not really much safer than one woman alone.MoreLess
“We shall be happy to hold this back for a week or two,” the clerk assured her, “in the event that you might wish to redeem it.”
She did nothing to correct his impression that she had lost more at cards than she wished to confess to her husband, but it was more difficult to fool Little Davey, whose suspicions were ar...oused the minute she walked out of the jeweler’s shop without Lady Edington.
For a moment she considered lying to him and claiming that her friend had sent ‘round a note postponing their meeting, but she changed her mind when she realized that she could not under any circumstances go alone to a rendezvous with a known murderer.
Nor would it avail her to seek Adeline’s help, for though Bethia had no doubt her friend would find it a marvelous adventure, two unescorted ladies were not really much safer than one woman alone.MoreLess
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