Wiles of a Stranger (1982)
“Beaudel came back the next day shortly after lunch. Wiggins returned to being a punctilious butler; Mrs. Beaudel to being a dissatisfied young wife; and I to being a governess. Beaudel spent the afternoon in his office. Just as I picked up my pelisse to go to the meadow with Lucien, Mrs. Beaudel stuck her head into my room. “Could I borrow you for a moment, Miss Stacey?” she asked. She looked excited. Her eyes were sparkling, and her color high.
“Certainly,” I replied.
“Come along to my room,” she ordered. I followed her down the hallway, curious.
“I am just finishing up a note to be delivered, and as you and Lucien are going out, you can deliver it for me.” She sat at her desk to seal up her letter, while my heart sank in dismay. I looked around the chamber while she was busy. It was tidy. I noticed nothing amiss until I happened to look at an upholstered chair in the corner. She had a silken scarf laid out on it, with a small pile of clean linens on top, and a toothbrush.
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