Chapter Five
Storms Clouds AheadWhen they got back to Courtney Towers, everything was in an uproar. Papers were scattered all around in confusion, and the servants were scurrying hither and thither, urged on by Lady Courtney who was having hysterics, doing her imitation of a slave galley boss, hurling anything that came to hand at anyone who was foolhardy enough to raise their head above the parapet for a brief respite.
In answer to Sir Henry's tentative enquiry, she barked, “Don't bother me now– can't you see I'm busy?” She turned her attention to her maid. “Not there, you i***t – that's my new dress. Oh, you're hopeless. I've a good mind to fire the lot of you.”
Sir Henry brightened up, but her next words destroyed his hopes. “I'll have you lot working through the night till you find
