Gypsy Heiress by Laura London

Author:Laura London [Laura London]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2014-03-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The morning after the soirée brought in the kind of day you expect to find in late April. A gray rain poured down on Edgehill, splattering the window glass with noisy abandon and filling the air with the sound of water rushing from the downspouts.

Betty was to wake me at half past seven to ride with Ellen and her friend Claire, but our plans were pending rain, so Betty didn’t come in until after nine o’clock. She helped me dress, gave me a tray of breakfast, and with it a note from Ellen that said:

“My dear Liza, Rotten luck to have our riding rained out, but what’s to be done? Don’t get up, if you’ve still the headache, which I shouldn’t wonder at after all the ‘to-do’ last night! Mama is still going on, as she did in the carriage coming home, about what a success you were! I’m to be found in the blue room, the one next to Brockhaven’s study. And I’ve got something to show you, if you’re in the mood. Your affectionate E.”

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