The Marquis is Trapped
“he exclaimed. “Why have I been called so late?”“I did look in earlier, my Lord, but your Lordship were fast asleep. As you was late coming in and have no engagements for this morning, I thinks it’d do you good to rest for a bit!”The Marquis smiled where another man might have raged.Gilbert had been with him ever since he left Oxford and had travelled with him around the world. He always seemed to behave rather like a nanny who was determined not to let her charge get into any trouble.What he had done for him this morning was out of sheer affection and the Marquis could never scold him for that.He pulled back the bedclothes.“I must get up at once,” he said, “because actually, although you were not aware of it, I have a great deal to do. We will be leaving for Scotland later this afternoon in the yacht.”“Scotland, my Lord. That’ll be something new!”The Marquis laughed.“I think it is something I really do need and that is why we are going there.”As he walked towards his bathroom, he... turned back to order,“Send now for Captain Gordon, Gilbert.MoreLess
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