And she knew that she must remember her position and behave very normally indeed, especially while her employer glared at her from the other side of the Duchesse’s chair.Already she had snatched away from his fiancee a certain amount of her rightful limelight, and now she was attracting fresh att...
He spilled his soup, he overturned a glass of lemonade, and his appetite failed when he was no more than a quarter of the way through.“I’m not hungry,” he said sullenly, when his great-uncle’s man of affairs expressed surprise when he looked away in aversion from a specially prepared fish dish.“B...
Admittedly it was at its best at that season of the year, and Toni acted upon the advice with alacrity, not minding because no one accompanied her, and the miles she tramped were lonely miles. Celia insisted that there was a great deal to be done at Inverada, and she and Euan must work together t...
It had also been a very disappointing day.Her nephew had not arrived in time for lunch, and the conflicting instructions she had issued to the cook about the meal had resulted in its proving a fiasco. And on top of that the meringues ordered specially for tea had remained unconsumed, and the hour...
For her grandmother had been an acknowledged beauty, and she knew she would never be that. Armand had discovered that she had something—something that had appealed to him while they were alone together—but apparently it wasn’t enough to keep him in thrall. Which shouldn’t really surprise her now ...