Highland Spirits by Amanda Scott

Author:Amanda Scott
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Highland
Publisher: 0
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER TWELVE

As soon as Kintyre had gone, Pinkie went up to her bedchamber, grateful to meet no one else on the way. She was also thankful that Kintyre had not looked at her while he vented his anger, had not seemed to notice how his fury had dismayed her. He had not seen how her hands shook or known how weak her knees felt.

She had not intended to make such a declaration to him. The words had just tumbled from her lips without thought for consequence. Indeed, she realized, she had not thought at all before speaking.

Her intention had been merely to learn, if she could, why her refusal to persuade Chuff to offer for Bridget had cast Kintyre into black despair. The answer to that question was none of her business, of course, and in retrospect, she knew it had been improper to pursue it. At the time, however, she had only wanted to help.

Several hours later, when Doreen came to her room, expecting to set cat what she would wear for dinner and the evening ahead, Pinkie sent her away, saying that her head ached and she did not want any dinner.

Mary came up next. "Doreen said she fears you are ill, love."

"My head just aches," Pinkie said, avoiding her anxious gaze and hoping Mary would not see that she had been crying. "If you do not mind, I think I would like to stay at home tonight."

"I do not mind in the least," Mary said. "We have all been going at such a pace that an early night will do us good. I do not think Mama Agnes will mind either. She has invited Sir Horace Walpole to dine tomorrow, which I know we shall all enjoy, but if you like, we can stay home afterward, rather than going out. I do hope you are not coming down with anything serious though, my love."

"I am just tired, ma'am. A couple of early nights and I will be my old self again, I'm sure."

Pinkie kept to her room the next day, resting and finishing Sir Horace's novel. By the time she read the last page, she had had a surfeit of supernatural occurrences, none of which seemed at all like one of Mary's episodes of second sight or her own experience with ghosts. Nonetheless, she was able to tell Sir Horace that she enjoyed his story very much.

Their little dinner was a success, and her spirits began to recover, but she was glad that Mary had decided they would not go out afterward. Saturday afternoon, however, when she said that she still did not feel well enough to go out, Mary said, "We can miss Lady Pembroke's musical soiree if you do not feel up to it, but unless you truly feel unable to do so, my love, I believe we must attend Elizabeth Campbell's drum. She has been kind to us, and I think Duncan will expect you to go, for you look quite healthy again.

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