Josie had many qualities that made her an excellent lady’s maid, including a deft hand with the curling iron and an almost mystical ability to remove the most stubborn of stains from a silk gown. However, Lorena thought that perhaps her maid’s most valuable asset was her ability to extract the most amazing amounts of information from the most taciturn people, which was why she’d sent Josie forth with the innocent request that the girl discover something of the town where they would be spending the next few days…and of the dark-haired man who had stood on the porch outside the hotel.
Left to her own devices for a time, Lorena mulled over the two dinner gowns that had been laid out for her and attempted to determine which would be most appropriate for dining alone in the hotel’s restaurant
