Undesirable Liaison
“But as she blinked into the darkness, it dawned on her that the jumble of voices and muffled thumps continued. Flo sat up with a bang, tugging a gap into the bed-curtains and listening intently.
The noises were emanating from below. She tried to orient herself. The corridor immediately adjacent to her room led through an anteroom to the open stairwell of the main staircase. Were the unusual sounds filtering through from the hall? It was not her business to be enquiring into the matter, but her ...curiosity was aroused, along with a faint feeling of apprehension.
The night must be far advanced, for the faintest glimmer of grey came in at the chink between the drapes at the window. Lord, was it dawn already?
But the sounds betokened other than the early hum of an arousing household.
A gleam of suspicion shot into her mind, and was productive of an instant disturbance in her heartbeat. Florence tried to dismiss the growing urge to get up and sneak along the passage to check. What concern was it of hers if the viscount chose to arrive home in the middle of the night?MoreLess
The noises were emanating from below. She tried to orient herself. The corridor immediately adjacent to her room led through an anteroom to the open stairwell of the main staircase. Were the unusual sounds filtering through from the hall? It was not her business to be enquiring into the matter, but her ...curiosity was aroused, along with a faint feeling of apprehension.
The night must be far advanced, for the faintest glimmer of grey came in at the chink between the drapes at the window. Lord, was it dawn already?
But the sounds betokened other than the early hum of an arousing household.
A gleam of suspicion shot into her mind, and was productive of an instant disturbance in her heartbeat. Florence tried to dismiss the growing urge to get up and sneak along the passage to check. What concern was it of hers if the viscount chose to arrive home in the middle of the night?MoreLess
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