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Honoria thought not

Still, the last thing she wanted was to talk with him about it, so when Mrs Wetherby told her that he had still been sleeping when she’d gone to check on him, Honoria decided to make her visit posthaste in order to catch hihtly ajar, so she placed her palainst the dark wood and pushed very slowly It was unfathoht have creaky hinges on its doors, but one could never be too careful Once she’d , she poked in, turned her neck so that she could see him, and –

He turned and looked at her

"Oh, you’re awake!" The words popped out of her mouth like the chirp of a s up in bed, his blankets tucked neatly around his waist Honoria noticed with relief that he had finally donned a nightshirt

He held up a book "I’ve been trying to read"

"Oh, then I won’t bother you," she said quickly, even though the tone of his voice had been clearly of the I’ve-been-trying-to-read-but-I-just-can’t-get-into-it variety

Then she curtsied

Curtsied!

Why on earth had she curtsied? She’d never curtsied to Marcus in her life She’d nodded her head, and she’d even done a little bob at the knees, but good heavens, he would have collapsed laughing if she’d curtsied to hiht at that moment But she would never know, because she fled before he could make a sound

Still, when she ca room later that day, she could say with utmost honesty that she had been to visit Marcus and she had found hi," she said, sounding gorgeously casual "That ?" herforward to pour her a cup of tea

"Ehr beyond the dark red leather of the book cover "I didn’t notice, actually"

"We should probably bring him someHonoria her tea "It’s hot," she warned Then she continued, "It is dreadfully dull to be confined to bed I speak from experience I was confined for fouryou, and three with Charlotte"

"I didn’t know"

Lady Winstead waved it off "There was nothing to be done about it It’s not as if I had a choice But I can tell you that books positively saved my sanity One can either read or e up a needle and thread"

"No," Honoria agreed, sht