Chapter Forty
Reid was indeed waiting for her upstairs. “There you are!” he said, with a look of relief. “Are you ready to leave?”
“Yes.” Letty donned the traveling cloak that Eliza held out. Her fingers fumbled with the clasp. She had cousins. Real cousins.
Reid said in a low voice: “It worked. The pawn shop. Thank you for suggesting it.”
“Good.” Letty looked at the card Lady Ware had given her. Two cousins.
Houghton came striding along the corridor. “Everything’s loaded, sir.”
“Excellent,” Reid said. “Let’s be off.”
Letty glanced up distractedly. “Gratuities?”
“Done,” Reid said.
The dazed distraction gave way to jittering exhilaration as Letty went down the stairs. She had two cousins. Flesh-and-blood cousins. Cousins who shared the same secret heritage. Cousins who’d met Baleto
