A Gentleman's Revenge by Rose Pearson

Author:Rose Pearson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2019-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The next fortnight seemed to run through Sarah with a great, unrelenting pain. Lord Ruddington, whilst he had not yet asked Miss Marks to court him, had been present almost every day, calling on Miss Marks to share tea together or, upon occasion, taking her out for a short walk or a ride in his phaeton.

Of course, Sarah had been required to go also and had hated every single moment of it. Whenever Lord Ruddington had so much as dared to glance at her, she had felt such a searing pain within her heart that she had almost been forced to bend double in an attempt to hide it away. Instead, she had merely turned her head away and dealt with the pain as best she could, gritting her teeth and forcing her hot tears away.

“Sarah, you are not listening to me!”

Jerked from her thoughts, Sarah turned back to see her cousin looking at her impatiently, her beautiful features marred by the frown on her brow and the narrowing of her eyes.

“I am sorry,” she said hastily, moving away from the window and trying to smile. “What was it you asked me?” She tried desperately to move her thoughts away from Lord Ruddington, her mind still turning over every single remark he had made the last time they had spoken, the strangeness of his words and the confusion over his sorrowful, almost regretful demeanor.

Miss Marks huffed a little sigh and tossed her head. “I am sorry if you find my conversation dull,” she murmured in the affected way of hers that Sarah found so difficult. “I was merely asking you what you thought of Lord Ruddington. I am quite certain he intends to seek to court me soon enough, but he has not asked me as yet.” She laughed suddenly, her eyes bright and all displeasure gone. “I think he is quite the gentleman, of course, and very particular in his attentions, but I do not know whether or not I am prepared to give up the affections and attentions of all the other gentlemen who seem so eager to pursue me.” She laughed again, the sound grating on Sarah’s nerves.

“I think you must consider what your future is to be,” Sarah replied as calmly as she could even though she despised her cousin’s eagerness to flirt and toy with as many gentlemen as she could. “Lord Ruddington appears to be a most suitable gentleman, does he not?” She did not make mention of what Lord Ruddington himself had said to her for fear that this would only confuse matters, particularly when she did not know what he had meant. “You must marry someday.”

Again, her cousin laughed and tossed her head. “You are quite ridiculous, Sarah, really. Yes, I must marry, but there is no particular urgency! It is not as though I am on the shelf as yet. I can enjoy myself this season and thereafter, seek a husband for myself.” Her eyes turned towards the door as

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