Chapter Ten
Later that afternoon, after she had unpacked and had some tea, Michael sent word asking Elise if she would meet him in the library and perhaps take a walk with him. She’d changed from her traveling dress to a summer day dress of fine muslin and felt more suitably attired for the unusually warm weather they were experiencing. As she entered the foyer, she wondered where the library might be. A gray-haired liveried footman stood near a doorway, so she asked, “Could you tell me where I might find Lord Camden?”
The man nodded and moved with a slight limp down the hallway. “Follow me, my lady. I was to bring you along when you came down.”
Elise was happy to see that her family wasn’t the only one who kept on elderly retainers in service if that was their wish. The trend of having
