Valiant Soldier, Beautiful Enemy
“He glanced at Emmaline as Allan poured glasses of claret and passed them around. She had chosen a chair, not wanting Gabe to sit next to her, he supposed. He envied Jack and Ariana, so comfortable together on the small sofa. But Emmaline did not appear to take heed of them or of Gabe. Her gaze darted from Allan to Marian. Gabe could feel her impatience for them to speak.
Allan’s grave expression showed that there would not be a celebratory toast. Gabe sipped his wine and waited.
Allan f...inally took a seat next to his wife on the other sofa. “I won’t tease you any longer. We do have news of Edwin…”
“He is no longer in London,” Marian finished for him. “I’m so sorry.”
“We do know where he is, however,” Allan continued. “He’s gone to Bath.”
“My uncle sent him there,” Marian explained in their seamless joint narrative. “You see, my uncle made a quick trip to town about the same time as the soldiers’ march, and he was furious to learn how abysmally Edwin failed in his duties to Lord Sidmouth, so he banished Edwin to Bath, to the house that was my aunt’s.”MoreLess
Allan’s grave expression showed that there would not be a celebratory toast. Gabe sipped his wine and waited.
Allan f...inally took a seat next to his wife on the other sofa. “I won’t tease you any longer. We do have news of Edwin…”
“He is no longer in London,” Marian finished for him. “I’m so sorry.”
“We do know where he is, however,” Allan continued. “He’s gone to Bath.”
“My uncle sent him there,” Marian explained in their seamless joint narrative. “You see, my uncle made a quick trip to town about the same time as the soldiers’ march, and he was furious to learn how abysmally Edwin failed in his duties to Lord Sidmouth, so he banished Edwin to Bath, to the house that was my aunt’s.”MoreLess
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