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“Let hi was accohty look

“He’s back, are you not happy too?” Izzy knew the answer already She had spentto comfort her distressed husband over the past feeeks

“Of course, but you ed Amelia “Please excuse my wife’s enthusiasm This is Isobel” He winked at his wife “This is A Sebastian back to us”

“Oh, I didn’t really,” A her cheeks flush with e in the air

“Yes she did,” Sebastian interrupted “If it wasn’t for Amelia, I would be dead by now She saved my life Unfortunately, she has had to leave her horips with Ballantyne”

“Ballantyne?” Doone

Sebastian puffed out a deep put-upon sigh and reluctantly admitted, “I think Ballantyne was behind my disappearance Because of the risks, I made Amelia come with me She didn’t have tih his hair He didn’t want to admit he had kidnapped her Even to save her life “She needs to borroardrobe until we can get a modiste here”

He could have kissed Izzy when, after the briefest hesitation, she accepted the situation without question and turned to Amelia

“Well then, while you have a bath, I’ll sort you out some dresses We are about the sa that would fit

“Oh please, don’t put yourself out Really, I can e,” Amelia replied hastily, only for her protests to be firmly quashed as she was led from the room

The door had no sooner closed behind them, than Sebastian found himself the object of close scrutiny by the others in the rooet out of the roo

With a deep sigh, he poured everyone a brandy and sat down to explain the events that had happened to date

Upstairs, Amelia slipped down into the luxuriously ater with a deep sigh As she relaxed, the significance of the changes the past day had brought finally hit her

The Countess suite was siht and airy feel to it that was very fes, A

She wondered if she should ask Sebastian to move her to the servants’ quarters Would the servants understand? She didn’t want to encroach on their space andacco in such luxurious splendour of the Countess suite either Whatever Sebastian wanted, it all ca A and working as a servant Her upbringing was a long-buriedon her current situation, or future That left her with a predica upstairs with the Lord and his family, and she didn’t fit in below stairs either