Chapter 14“Fanny, I'm only going to ask you this once, and I expect the honest truth from you. Do you understand?”
Fanny looked at her father and for the first time in her life, feared him. She nodded, her lip between her teeth.
“Where is your accursed lady's maid?”
“Harry? Why I… I don't know,” she answered honestly. “She didn't answer my ring this morning, and when I checked the maids' quarters, she wasn't there. All her clothing was there, but she was gone.”
Her father's teeth ground so hard, she could hear it from the other side of the desk. “Where is she? Where did she go?” His hands clenched into purple fists.
“I swear, I don't know!” Fanny cried. “She didn't say a word to me. Last night, she said she was feeling ill and wanted to go to bed early. That's the last time I saw her.
