CHAPTER THREEOnce back home the Viscount sank into a mild depression that took several days to shake off.
He would sit for hours at a time, twirling the keys from Torr House in his hand and pondering his grandfather’s bequest as he regarded the ageing metal.
Mr. Brownlow had sent him some correspondence after the reading of the will, giving him some more details of the house.
There were two servants, a butler, Cork, and a housekeeper, Mrs. Cork, who kept the place open, although he emphasised that they lived in a cottage in the grounds as the main house was in such desperate need of renovation.
“Your grandfather abandoned the house once Madame Le Fevre died and said he could not bear to visit it and be reminded of her,” he wrote. “As a result, only minimal repairs were carried out. The
