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“Right?” she echoed, looking up

“Right” Now he sounded eht have been my fault”

She blinked “I beg your pardon?”

“It was one of ry”

“You were…angry?”

“I rearranged the shelves”

“You what?” She’d have liked to yell, and frankly, she was rather proud

of herself for not doing so

He shrugged sheepishly “It seemed impressively underhanded at the time”

Hyacinth found herself staring blankly at the shelf in front of her “Who could have guessed it would come back to haunt you?”

“Who indeed” Hehis head as he read the titles on the spines “The worst of it was, it turned out to be a tad too underhanded Didn’t bother my father one bit”

“It would have driven me insane”

“Yes, but you read My father never even noticed there was anything amiss”

“But soanization” Hyacinth looked down at the book by her side “I don’t think Miss Davenport is more than a few years old”

Gareth shook his head “Perhaps someone left it here It could have been ine one of the servants just tucked it on whichever shelf possessed the most room”