The Devil's Web (2007)
“She had remembered Alexandra’s saying how wonderful and friendly a part of the country Amberley was and how different from the place where she had grown up. And she herself had been at Dunstable Hall for more than two weeks without any communication with their neighbors beyond a few tentative nods at church. But all was to be well after all.
“Miss Palmer is to call for tea tomorrow, James,” she said in the carriage on the way home. “She seems a very sensible lady. She taught at a girls’ academy for four years, but came back to keep house for her brother.”
“I am glad you like her,” he said.
“Miss Trenton and her brother are to call one day so that I may go walking with them,” she said. “And Mr.
Beasley has offered to take me riding about the Duke of Peterleigh’s estate. His grace does not come home very often, he says.”
“He used to come for a few weeks in the summer,” James said.
“Well, I am glad he is not here,” she said. “I have never liked the man since the time when he was supposed... to be promised to Alexandra and gave her that famous snub the evening she became betrothed to Edmund instead.MoreLess
“Miss Palmer is to call for tea tomorrow, James,” she said in the carriage on the way home. “She seems a very sensible lady. She taught at a girls’ academy for four years, but came back to keep house for her brother.”
“I am glad you like her,” he said.
“Miss Trenton and her brother are to call one day so that I may go walking with them,” she said. “And Mr.
Beasley has offered to take me riding about the Duke of Peterleigh’s estate. His grace does not come home very often, he says.”
“He used to come for a few weeks in the summer,” James said.
“Well, I am glad he is not here,” she said. “I have never liked the man since the time when he was supposed... to be promised to Alexandra and gave her that famous snub the evening she became betrothed to Edmund instead.MoreLess
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