A Flight of Fancy by Laurie Alice Eakes

Author:Laurie Alice Eakes [Eakes, Laurie Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Historical, Romance, Regency
ISBN: 9781441239662
Google: RZFcuQpzUw4C
Amazon: 080073467X
Publisher: Revell
Published: 2012-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

“She would not flirt with me.”

“Ha!” Cassandra’s snort was derisive. “She was clinging to you like a limpet yesterday, and she kicked you under the table last night.”

“She is not flirting, and it would not matter if she were.” He smiled down at Cassandra. “Would it?”

“She is as much a Bainbridge as I and has the same size dowry.” An edge biting like the north wind sweeping toward them had crept into her voice.

For a moment, Whittaker stared at her, uncertain what was wrong. Before he worked it out or asked, he caught the whiff of birdlime and turpentine and heard Kent calling to them from beneath the shelter of the shearing shed roof.

It was not a proper shed, having only a floor, a roof, and low walls on two sides, but it was a good shelter for their purposes. Already the balloon lay spread out on the floor and a fire burned in the pit over which the water was heated for cleaning the wool. The cauldron rested above the flames, kept low until they needed to heat the vat of sealing substance.

“We waited for you,” Sorrells greeted them. “Weren’t sure how much to heat your receipt.”

“Just enough to make it spread.” Cassandra paused to peer into the vat of the sticky, oily stuff and wrinkled her nose. “It smells rather more peculiar than I thought it would.”

Kent picked up the container and headed to the cauldron. “Maybe it’s the fermenting for a day that does that.”

As Kent walked past, Whittaker’s nostrils flared. Peculiar was a mild word for the reek of the sealer. He caught the pungency of birdlime and turpentine, and beneath those aromas—

“Do not!”

He dove after Kent in an attempt to stop him from pouring the formula into the already hot pot. He struck the man from the side and Kent staggered under the impact. The vat tipped. Cassandra screamed and threw herself against Whittaker and Kent, shoving them backward with all her insignificant weight, as the slimy sealant splashed onto the fire and exploded like Guy Fawkes fireworks.

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