The Heiress (2011)
“I’ll be fine by myself if you want to rejoin the others.”
Suzette glanced to Lisa and shook her head. “No, it’s fine. The Bow Street runners are probably asking a thousand stupid questions and doing . . . whatever they do,” she said, waving a hand vaguely.
“Hopefully removing the body is one of those ‘whatever they do’s,’ ” Lisa said wryly.
“I’m sure it is,” Suzette reassured her. “Or they’ll bring in whoever does or tell Richard so he can. They certainly won’t just leave the body lying about here forever.”
Lisa grimaced at the very idea, and sighed. “I do wish I was not so squeamish about such things.”
Suzette shrugged idly as she paced to the window and glanced out. “Everyone has their flaws, and as they go, yours is not so bad. It isn’t often you run into blood. Imagine if you fainted at the sight of pastries or something.”
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