Chapter Six
AH, MRS. MACPHERSON, I am glad you are here. I was just about to call you. I am going out this evening.” Richard handed his housekeeper his coat. “If you wouldn’t mind…?”
She took the coat and helped him into it. “Aye, m’lord?”
“I, ah, I am going to propose to Miss Seton,” he continued, a little embarrassed.
“My felicitations,” she said as he turned back around to face her.
Richard wasn’t sure, but he thought he heard relief in her voice. His lips twitched with a smile, but he restrained himself. “Yes, thank you.”
“M’lord, I hope ye dinna mind my plain speakin’, but if ye would be marrying agin, would ye nae be wantin’ to hire a staff once more?”
Richard immediately recognized the wisdom in this. “Yes, indeed. You are absolutely correct. I shall send tomorrow for Mr. Sa
