The Handbook to Handling His Lordship
“For a moment something profoundly sad and lonely crossed her features, but it was gone just as swiftly. “I don’t trust you enough or know you well enough to give you the truth,” she said aloud, walking past him in the approximate direction of the phaeton. “But for the purposes of this conversation I’m admitting to being Rachel Newbury. That will have to suffice.”
It didn’t suffice for someone who loved puzzles as much as he did, but for the moment he would accept it. “Very well.”
“Do you keep s...olemn oaths that you swear?” she continued, glancing over her shoulder at him as he fell in behind her. “Or is it merely lip service that enables you to accomplish whatever task you’re about?”
“You cut more deeply than a knife, my dear,” he said mildly, to cover the fact that what she’d just said had truly hurt. He had sworn oaths in the past, in front of or to people he’d been ordered to stop or to kill, and he hadn’t even blinked. “When I was employed by England, I swore an oath to protect her.MoreLess
It didn’t suffice for someone who loved puzzles as much as he did, but for the moment he would accept it. “Very well.”
“Do you keep s...olemn oaths that you swear?” she continued, glancing over her shoulder at him as he fell in behind her. “Or is it merely lip service that enables you to accomplish whatever task you’re about?”
“You cut more deeply than a knife, my dear,” he said mildly, to cover the fact that what she’d just said had truly hurt. He had sworn oaths in the past, in front of or to people he’d been ordered to stop or to kill, and he hadn’t even blinked. “When I was employed by England, I swore an oath to protect her.MoreLess
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