Chapter Thirty-Six
Oliver went in search of Lord Cheevers while Primrose went upstairs to fix her hair. He found the viscount in his study. “May I have a word with you, sir?”
They discussed the details of the funeral. Cheevers was taking Algernon’s death hard. He had to dab a handkerchief to his eyes several times.
“Thayne, Lady Primrose, and I will leave the day after the funeral,” Oliver told him. “Ninian is welcome to come with us, but he may wish to stay here.”
“He can stay as long as he likes. All summer if he wishes. Now that his father is gone . . .” Emotion trembled in Cheevers’s voice. To him, Lord Algernon wasn’t a villain, but a beloved friend. “Algernon’s son will always be welcome here. Always.”
Oliver wondered whether Cheevers valued Ninian for himself, or only because o
