Valentine's Day
“Lord Mountjoy said, as the sound of the door knocker resonated through the house. Disturbed in the nice arrangement of his cravat, he paused, then twitched it into place and stood up.Nempnet, his valet, said, “Unusually early for a caller, my lord, and too uncouth and loud a noise to be a servant with a message.”Downstairs, the butler went to the front door, a look of disapproval on his usually impassive face. Two curious footmen hovered behind him.He stared in disbelief at the young woman who ...stood on the doorstep, far from fashionably dressed. Her hair was long and rather tangled beneath a hat that made him shudder. Her hand was raised, doubtless ready to repeat her performance with the knocker. Rigby made to close the door, but he was too late; the stranger had placed her foot in the way.“I’ve come to see Lord Mountjoy. In fact,” she said, gesturing to a bandbox set down at her feet, “I’ve come to stay.”Rigby’s eyes nearly started from his head, but he was too well trained to show more than a passing look of alarm, then distaste.“His lordship is not at home.”“In which case, I’ll come in and wait until he is.”Lord Mountjoy said to his valet, “What the devil is going on down there?”“Shall I go and see, my lord?”“Yes.MoreLess
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