Her replacement was the young daughter of the cook, a cheerful girl who was well liked by all the other servants. Samantha liked her too, but she dared not confide in her or suggest taking the girl with her when she left Bramble Hall. Everyone in the house would know about it within minutes. No one could forcibly stop her from leaving, of course, Samantha told herself. She was not a prisoner in her own home. Those servants from Leyland could not literally force her into the carriage and convey her all the way to Kent against her will. But, much as she tried to talk rational common sense into herself, she was not convinced that they would not do just that. All the other servants at the house were technically the earl’s too. He paid their salaries. It would be best, she decided, if no one knew she was leaving or where she was going or with whom—especially with whom. There was no point in courting unnecessary scandal. The story of Sir Benedict’s having been a close friend of Matthew’s would not work here.
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