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Scott groaned, and his eyelids fluttered open as they ain

“Right then, you take the heet him to my curricle”

This was a job that jostled and caused Scott a great deal of discoain They settled Scott into the back seat of the open curricle, and the large man said, “I think you had better sit beside hi”

“Yes … I’ll just get our horses” She rushed off, gathered hers and Scott’s horses, and tethered them at the boot

Her new savior was behind her, helping her into the curricle, and she felt his strong hands at her waist She turned to look up at his face “Thank you, sir”

“Don’t thank me yet He needs immediate attention Where is your home?”

“Oh, we are too far from home Is there not an inn nearby?”

“Aye, a rimly “Keep him as steady as you can He has already lost too much blood”

Felicia held Scott as still as the er tooled his team and turned them around on the road She could just see his profile from where she sat in the backseat beside Scott and wondered who he was

Scott drifted in and out of consciousness, and her mind was a jumble of worry

The self-assuredreins looked over his shoulder at her and suddenly asked, “What the deuce were you two doing at this hour on the open road … far from home?” With this question he shot her a quick, calculated look

Hoas she to answer this?

She didn’t look at him “We were on our way to London” She decided for some truth

“London? At such an hour … without a coach … or luggage?”

“Well … yes,” she answered and deci