The Saint And the Sinner
“the Earl said. “I hope to be up by then.”“I hope so too, M’Lord,” Michael Farrow replied. He picked up from the bed the papers they had been discussing, bowed, and left.As soon as the door closed behind him the Earl looked into the far corner of the room and clicked his fingers.Instantly something small, swift, and agile jumped onto the bed to lie beside him, licking his hand and ingratiating herself with every movement of her body.The Earl fondled the soft ears of the spaniel.“I suppose you kn...ow you are going to get into a lot of trouble for being on the satin cover.”His voice only seemed to excite the dog further and she licked the Earl’s hand in a fervour of admiration.It was the first thing the Earl had known on coming back to consciousness from what he learnt afterwards was three days of delirium.Hazily he had wondered who could be kissing his hand. Then, looking down, he saw the brown eyes of a small black and white spaniel.“Her name is Juno,” a quiet voice said, and he saw Pandora rise from where she had been sitting by the window.“Who said I wanted a dog?”MoreLess
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