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Henry? An angel?
Ha!
He scooted hiainst the wall and peeked around the corner, careful to keep hie" She shoved a biscuit into her lass of milk, and then picked up a slice of--was that ham?
Dunford's eyes narrowed It certainly wasn'tand--fro of e was to stomp into the kitchen and demand an explanation, but then his stoh he secreted hih the s room He waited until he heard her footsteps on the stairs, then he ran into the kitchen and finished off the ham
Chapter 4
"Wake up, Henry" Maryanne, the upstairs ently shook her shoulders "Henry, wake up"
Henry rolled over and o away"
"But you insisted, Henry You et you out of bed at half past five"
"Mrmmphdidn't nore you" Maryanne gave Henry a shove "Wake up!"
Henry, who'd been more than halfway asleep, suddenly bolted wide awake and sat up so quickly she started to shake "What? Who? What's going on?"
"It's just me, Henry Maryanne"
Henry blinked "What the devil are you doing here? It's still dark out What time is it?"
"Half past five," Maryanne explained patiently "You asked "
"I did?" Oh, yes Dunford "I did Right Well, thank you, Maryanne That will be enough"
"You ot out of bed"
She was far too sood, Henry decided as she realized she had been about to curl back up under the covers "Right I see Well, nothing to it, I guess" She swung her legs over the side of the bed "Lots of people get up this--" Yawn
She stu table, where a clean pair of breeches and white shirt were laid out
"You ht want a jacket, too," Maryanne said "It's chilly outside"
"It would be," HenryAs devoted as she was to country life, she never, ever got out of bed before seven, and even that was an hour to be avoided But if she was going to convince Dunford that he was not suited to life at Stannage Park, she was going to have to stretch the truth a bit
She paused as she was buttoning her shirt She did still want hio, didn't she?
Of course she did She strode over to a basin and splashed cold water on her face, hoping it would make her look more awake That man had deliberately set out to charht perversely It only mattered that he had done it deliberately, probably because he wanted soain, what could he possibly want fro he needed