Chapter 21
“Roddy.”
“Yes, milady?” I’d been working as Lady Eugenia’s secretary for the past week, and on this day I’d come in from the stables just a short while earlier. I’d washed away the odour of the stable and changed into a suit of clothes I’d purchased in Upper Flossmere, the local town, the day after Tommy had left to return to London. I still wore his evening clothes at dinner, though, since that gave me a sense of his presence. Then I’d gone to the library to see what Lady Genie had for me to do.
“I’m planning a dinner party Wednesday week to welcome our newest neighbour.”
“The one who’s renting Thorny Walk House?” I’d ridden over the countryside and had paused to observe the old house as workers finished readying it for the next people who’d be renting it. I’d made a point
