The Iron Duke (2010)
The Iron Duke
“She waited in her room, expecting an imperious knock at the front door, expecting an airship to hover above her house at any moment. She heard nothing.
After two hours passed, she realized he must have withdrawn his offer—and feared that she knew the reason why.
She left her valise in her room and came down the stairs to breakfast. Her parents sat at the table, talking quietly, with no newssheet spread between them. Mina looked to the fireplace. The short time they used this big room every morn...ing didn’t warrant the expense of heating it, yet ashes lay in the grate.
Silently, she gathered her breakfast from the sideboard, and sat. Though she acknowledged their greetings, she didn’t speak until certain that her voice wouldn’t emerge as a croak.
Finally, she was able to ask, “Was the caricature so very bad?”
Her mother forced a smile. “You have earned those detective’s epaulettes.”
“What was it?”
“Nothing worth seeing,” her father said shortly. “Just a picture drawn by idiots.”MoreLess
After two hours passed, she realized he must have withdrawn his offer—and feared that she knew the reason why.
She left her valise in her room and came down the stairs to breakfast. Her parents sat at the table, talking quietly, with no newssheet spread between them. Mina looked to the fireplace. The short time they used this big room every morn...ing didn’t warrant the expense of heating it, yet ashes lay in the grate.
Silently, she gathered her breakfast from the sideboard, and sat. Though she acknowledged their greetings, she didn’t speak until certain that her voice wouldn’t emerge as a croak.
Finally, she was able to ask, “Was the caricature so very bad?”
Her mother forced a smile. “You have earned those detective’s epaulettes.”
“What was it?”
“Nothing worth seeing,” her father said shortly. “Just a picture drawn by idiots.”MoreLess
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