Gayle Wilson by Lady Sarah's Son

Author:Lady Sarah's Son [Son, Lady Sarah's]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

There was little Justin could do during the next two weeks but watch as Sarah transformed his household. The most immediate change was in the deportment of his staff. And amazingly, despite the fact that Sarah had them working harder than they had in years, the servants seemed to think highly of their new countess.

Due to his stubborn determination not to parade his disability more than he had to, Justin was still taking his meals in his rooms. However, the temptation to join Drew and Sarah at dinner was almost enough to lure him out. of his self-imposed exile. Especially when he sat by his lonely fire, the agricultural plans that had occupied him for weeks almost forgotten as he pictured the two of them downstairs together.

He didn’t lack for company during the day, however. Andrew spent most of his time in Justin’s rooms, except when he went shopping with Sarah. He came back from those expeditions bubbling over with excitement, his cheeks reddened from the cold and his eyes sparkling.

It was after one of these trips that Justin realized how rapidly the holidays were approaching and that Drew would almost certainly expect a present of some kind from him. He could dispatch one of the servants to shop for the child, but that seemed impersonal. And highly unsatisfactory.

The one person who would know what Andrew really wanted would be Sarah, of course, but Justin hadn’t talked to her since the night she and Drew arrived. Remembering his terse response to her concern that evening, he shouldn’t be surprised she was avoiding him. He knew it was up to him to make the next move. And to make what amends he could for his boorishness.

He could legitimately ask her to come to his rooms, but that was nothing less than an act of cowardice. And even if he was an ungrateful bastard, Justin had decided, he was not yet a coward. So girding himself mentally, just as he had once done before battle, he determined to seek Sarah out and make his request.

He took more pains over his appearance than he had in months. After the first glance in the mirror in his room, however, he didn’t look at it again. Vanity, he acknowledged, but he didn’t allow his eyes to focus again on his reflection.

He made his careful way down the grand staircase. As he stood at the bottom of them, he could see into most of the formal rooms. And for the first time became aware of how much Sarah had accomplished in the time she’d been here. Accustomed to the deprivations of campaigning, Justin supposed he hadn’t realized how much needed to be done to bring the town house back to the standard of elegance it had once enjoyed. Not until he saw it now, almost exactly as he remembered it from his childhood.

Such a miraculous change could have been accomplished only by throwing an enormous amount of energy at a problem. Sarah had obviously done that.

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