Virtue's Reward (1995)
“Mr. Hardy had washed and bandaged his wounds. Then he sent the fellow to fetch him new clothes. It was too risky to have him go back to their lodging, so Hardy hurried off to Richard’s tailor in Bond Street and purchased anew everything that the viscount would need.
Time after that to send Mr. Hardy home with a fat purse. There was no use in endangering the man further and he had earned his retirement.
“Good God!” Dagonet said as he entered. “Apart from the interesting colors of your skin, you ...would seem to be arisen from the dead unscathed, like Lazarus.”
“And hungry.” Richard gave the other man a lazy smile. “I have taken the liberty of having my fellow fix us breakfast.”
“And then?”
“And then I think I must discover who so urgently wishes my untimely demise.”
The men sat down at the table. Mr. Hardy served them with coffee, fresh bread, and a selection of meat and egg dishes, before he took his purse, grinned widely at both gentlemen, and left for home.
“Then last night’s brawl was not an isolated incident?”MoreLess
Time after that to send Mr. Hardy home with a fat purse. There was no use in endangering the man further and he had earned his retirement.
“Good God!” Dagonet said as he entered. “Apart from the interesting colors of your skin, you ...would seem to be arisen from the dead unscathed, like Lazarus.”
“And hungry.” Richard gave the other man a lazy smile. “I have taken the liberty of having my fellow fix us breakfast.”
“And then?”
“And then I think I must discover who so urgently wishes my untimely demise.”
The men sat down at the table. Mr. Hardy served them with coffee, fresh bread, and a selection of meat and egg dishes, before he took his purse, grinned widely at both gentlemen, and left for home.
“Then last night’s brawl was not an isolated incident?”MoreLess
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