The Counterfeit Lady
“The dinner party turned out to be just four of us: Sir Henry, his brother Robert, Phyllida, and me. The two men shared a town house laid out like the Gattengers’, with the dining room in front on the ground floor.
The study—every gentleman had a study—would be the room behind the dining room or one floor up behind the parlor. I hoped I’d find it on the ground floor, which would make my job easier. But I had no idea how Phyllida would be able to keep both men occupied while I searched Sir He...nry’s desk.
The clear soup course was good. The next, an ordinary fish, was fair. We discussed the weather, gossip about the royal family, and, on Robert Stanford’s part, the dearth of interesting people in London during this heat wave. It turned out he was leaving the next day for a holiday at a hotel in Torquay, where he claimed the fashionable were staying.
“Are you in the shipbuilding business with your brother, Mr.MoreLess
The study—every gentleman had a study—would be the room behind the dining room or one floor up behind the parlor. I hoped I’d find it on the ground floor, which would make my job easier. But I had no idea how Phyllida would be able to keep both men occupied while I searched Sir He...nry’s desk.
The clear soup course was good. The next, an ordinary fish, was fair. We discussed the weather, gossip about the royal family, and, on Robert Stanford’s part, the dearth of interesting people in London during this heat wave. It turned out he was leaving the next day for a holiday at a hotel in Torquay, where he claimed the fashionable were staying.
“Are you in the shipbuilding business with your brother, Mr.MoreLess
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