Candace Camp by A Dangerous Man

Author:A Dangerous Man [Man, A Dangerous]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-06-12T13:03:09+00:00

ELEANOR SPENT the next morning with Zachary, catching up on business matters, since she had been absent for two days. She had lunch with the children and looked over their recent schoolwork afterwards. She knew that she needed to bring in a tutor for Nathan. He had already outstripped Kerani’s skills in most of his subjects, and Eleanor and Zachary had been taking up the slack. Before long, Claire would be past Kerani’s help, as well.

Kerani, of course, had been raised to be a woman of leisure in India, not a governess. It was only because she was so eager to earn her way in Eleanor’s household after they had rescued her that Eleanor had given her the task of looking after the children. At first, of course, they had been young enough that a teacher was not required, and Kerani had studied hard to learn both English and a better grasp of numbers than she’d had before. She had been able to teach them the basics, and there had been the added benefit of her teaching both her charges to speak Hindi, Kerani’s native tongue. It was not, perhaps, the most useful skill, but there was always a chance it might come in handy in the children’s future.

However, it was clear that Eleanor now needed to hire a tutor for the children. The problem, of course, was how to do so without hurting Kerani’s feelings or making her decide that she no longer had a place in the household. She could still look after the children when they were not in class, but even that position would grow less and less necessary as the years passed.

It would all work out, Eleanor thought, if only she could persuade Zachary to make a push with Kerani. But there were times when Eleanor despaired of ever getting the conservative Zachary to do so.

She was idly thinking about the problem later that afternoon when one of the footmen announced that a visitor had arrived to see her. Eleanor glanced at the card the man held out to her on a salver, and her eyes widened in surprise. Lord Neale.

Whatever was he doing here?

“Send him in,” she told the servant, standing up, her heart pounding and her mouth suddenly dry. She straightened her skirts, then hurried to the small mirror on the wall for a last-minute look. She was not sure what she was feeling. A veritable storm of emotions was welling up inside her—excitement, embarrassment, uncertainty. But one thing she knew for sure was that she wanted to look her best when she faced him.

Just yesterday, Eleanor had thought that she would never see him again. And that, she had told herself, was for the best. The man was a boor. He had been rude and insulting to her the other night—and, truth be told, on every other occasion when she had seen him. He disliked her. She disliked him. Their lives would doubtless be much more pleasant if they never had to see one another.

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