“He had been assigned to answering the door, in lieu of any maids left in the house, but hadn’t had time to master any of the manners that went with the job. Rachel could easily imagine the look of exasperation on his face right now, furious with whoever it was who declined to leave, and almost smiled. Almost.Finishing the final entry in the ledger, Rachel straightened and wiped her hands across her apron. The last of the books, recorded and packed away. The room looked undressed, the massive wa...lnut shelves empty of their volumes.Footsteps marched up to the library, and Joe poked his head around the door. He’d been given a new outfit to go with his new role, and he rubbed his bare head as if his nervous fingers missed his old tattered cap, banished to the stable.“Miss Dunne, are you busy?”Her work in the library was completed, but Molly’s tasks . . . she still had those to do. She had been procrastinating with them. “I have just finished here, Joe.”“Good, ’cause there’s a person,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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