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She sed before asking, “Is it the cause of your estrangement? The betrothal?”

“You’re asking a rather lot of questions for someone who has demanded that I leave”

“I’ to marry you,” she said “I will learn eventually”

“Yes, you will,” he said “But not tonight”

And with that, he swung hih the

He looked up when he reached the ground, desperate for one last gli would have been nice, a silhouette, perhaps, or even just her shadowy for behind the curtains

But there was nothing

She was gone

Chapter 17

Teati room with her moth

er, always a dangerous proposition when one is in possession of a secret

“Is Mr St Clair out of town?”

Hyacinth looked up froh to say, “I don’t believe so, why?”

Her ly before she said, “He hasn’t called in several days”

Hyacinth affixed a bland expression onto her face as she said, “I believe he is busy with so to his property in Wiltshire”