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A weak knock on the door “Come in” He ordered

Sarah opened the door silently and stepped in the library “My lord called me” As usual, she had her eyes downcast, her hands clasped in front of her and her shoulders bent

To look at her constituted his perdition So in her pulled a cord inside him, but he did not understand hohy He kept a proud stance, a haughty stare in his piercing dark eyes and hoped it disguised his tur”

She kept her eyes on the floor She could not risk eyeing his to her insides “That’s right, my lord”

He stood up from his chair behind the desk and came to lean on the table in front of her “Look at me when you address me!” He crossed his arms

Then slowly she lifted her eyes He felt as if that her stare caressed his body He cursed his stupidity, because strange things happened to him when she looked in his eyes “Would you care to explain to me how is it that you are capable to read German philosophy”

Sarah felt like giving a cross answer for his arrogance in assuh subject Arrogance being what noblemen did, was it not He would take it not as an accusation, but as praise

“The vicar’s orked as our village teacher She saw that I liked to study and tutored me a couple of years more than the parish offered”

Hugh stood surprised that a village girl could reach so high Shedid that take?”

She shrugged slightly, as if this had no ioverness, though, as she did not complete her studies

Now he felt really amazed “Four years?” He asked mildly Four years, the tiht you?”

“Latin, Greek, Philosophy, geography and mathematics” She paused, blinked her wide stare “It constituted a very infor his stare Her eyes moved about

“I see” It amazed him, but this did not have to do hy he summoned her here, did it? He summoned her here because…because… “You’ve been,” he paused pretending to select the right word, “busy these days, haven’t you?”

At this, her eyes opened wide, her lips parted, all he could do not to go to her and enfold her in his arms

“Yes, my lord, I try to perform my duties as perfectly as I can” A flicker of rebellion shone in her eyes, before she lowered them That rebellious look made him hot