Seducing the Rake (Mad, Bad And Dangerous Heroes)
“Not, as he had threatened, in the adjoining bedroom.
“Don’t want to shock the cleric, do we?” Morland said gruffly as he bent to examine her ankle.
Chessy winced as he ran his fingers over the bone.
Only then did she look down and see that her whole foot was blue-black and swollen. Morland muttered something beneath his breath and yanked at the bell-pull.
Almost instantly the landlord appeared, all smiles. Chessy realized he must have been waiting at the upper landing. By the cheerfulness of hi...s manner, she decided that all the furor had not cost him any business.
Quite the contrary, she suspected.
“What is your wish, my lord? Claret? A fine pair of hens my Elsie has been all day in the roasting? Or perhaps a pigeon pie?”
Morland cut into this happy recitation. “Clean gauze and a basin of water will do for now. But the cleric—is he still below?”
“Enjoying his second bottle of claret, my lord.”
“Very good. See that his glass is kept refilled.”
As soon as the landlord left, Morland came back to the settee where Chessy was lying.MoreLess
“Don’t want to shock the cleric, do we?” Morland said gruffly as he bent to examine her ankle.
Chessy winced as he ran his fingers over the bone.
Only then did she look down and see that her whole foot was blue-black and swollen. Morland muttered something beneath his breath and yanked at the bell-pull.
Almost instantly the landlord appeared, all smiles. Chessy realized he must have been waiting at the upper landing. By the cheerfulness of hi...s manner, she decided that all the furor had not cost him any business.
Quite the contrary, she suspected.
“What is your wish, my lord? Claret? A fine pair of hens my Elsie has been all day in the roasting? Or perhaps a pigeon pie?”
Morland cut into this happy recitation. “Clean gauze and a basin of water will do for now. But the cleric—is he still below?”
“Enjoying his second bottle of claret, my lord.”
“Very good. See that his glass is kept refilled.”
As soon as the landlord left, Morland came back to the settee where Chessy was lying.MoreLess
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