Rupert was suddenly aware that Celina staying with him without a chaperone would not look very good.
“She should be with Lady Bruce. It’s unfortunate that the bad weather and Duncan’s condition, together with what has happened here,” he waved a hand at the courtyard debris, “meant she could not go to Drumlanrigg last night.”
“Don’t you worry at all, my Lord. There’ll be no spreading of the fact from me, I assure you. I’ll be off. If you’re worried about your man’s condition, send that lad for me.”
Rupert assisted the doctor into his trap and closed the gates behind him.
Then he rescued the satchel with the chalice from the stable bran bin and instructed Walt to saddle Prince and find his saddlebags.
Returning inside, Rupert took Celina into the salon and told her what the doctor h
