Death of a Fop (Bow Street Consultant series Book 1) by Sarah Waldock

Author:Sarah Waldock [Waldock, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

The day was cold and wet with sleet in the rain; and Jane was glad that she had a dark pelisse to wear and that she had an older one too for Dorothy. Miss Bates was bundled well up in shawls as they stood at the graveside for the final obsequies. The coffin was lowered on ropes by the four hefty pall bearers; the time honoured words were at last all spoken; the first handful of earth thrown in as the appropriate words were said by the parson; and then the mourners might leave and let the sexton do his job of filling the grave in.

Again Caleb’s strong arm was there for support, not just for Jane but for Dorothy and particularly for Miss Bates.

“We want to get Miss Bates in swiftly” said Caleb. “Here, Dorothy my girl, you’re a good gal; you sneak Miss Bates up to the parlour in front of the fire and get her some rugs and a hot toddy; Molly will help you in the kitchen. She don’t need to do the polite to them fellows from the office.”

“’Course I will, Mr Armitage” said Dorothy.

Jane reflected again how thoughtful and how clever he was; Aunt Hetty was fagged to death and frozen and needed taking care of – that the widow might not do for needing to be on display. And that kept Aunt Hetty looked after and too placed Dorothy out of the way where nobody might upset or embarrass her by asking too much about her. She smiled at Caleb in pleased gratitude for his thoughtfulness.

Caleb reflected ruefully that when a man who has been asked not to speak of his feelings receives so dazzling a smile from the woman who has rapidly become the centre of his world it is both heaven on earth and sheer torture not to shout for joy and kneel to offer his heart and hand to her forthwith.

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