Impetuous by Candace Camp

Author:Candace Camp [Camp, Candace]
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Published: 2010-01-07T07:38:28+00:00

"About the burglary?" Crispin cried. "Isn't it capital? Georgette told us all about it--how someone was searching the library for that book we need."

"We don't know that he was searching for that book. We only know that he went to the library."

"What else could he want there?" Crispin asked reasonably. "This is turning into a slam-bang adventure."

"Personally, I thinking finding the treasure would be ample excitement for me," Cassandra told him, "without throwing in a thief, as well."

The other four seemed to think this attitude poor-spirited, but Olivia reminded her brothers that Cassandra was, after all, old, and everyone found this reason enough to excuse her behavior. Cassandra opened the box and showed Georgette the map. She wrinkled her brow over it just as they had, saying that it looked like nothing familiar to her. She pored over the pages in the diary where the Neville portion of the map was mentioned, but, fascinated as she was, she, too, had no idea what the "Queens Book" might be.

Cassandra soon shooed the children out of her room so that she could go to sleep. She was feeling quite weary, but she knew it was as much from a malaise of the spirit as from the long journey they had made. Hearing that Philip did indeed have a house for his illegitimate children, as rumor had said he did, had made her feel quite low, confirming everything her aunt had said about his libertine ways. The kisses they had shared, the caresses, had meant no more to him than an opportunity to snare another female, to add another heart to his collection--although obviously one's heart was not what he was interested in.

Occupied with such blue thoughts, Cassandra's mind drifted for a long time between sleep and wakefulness, and when she did at last go to sleep, she was bothered by fitful, restless dreams. She awoke the next morning feeling little more rested than when she had gone to bed the night before.

Downstairs, she found only Georgette and Olivia at the breakfast table, starting on their second helpings. Georgette and Olivia had by now become fast friends, apparently, and Georgette greeted her with the happy news that her governess, Miss Pritchard, had agreed to take the girls on an outing for the rest of the day.

"We are to have the carriage and go to Downham Market. Life is so much more interesting when one has guests."

"Where are the twins? Are they going, too?"

Olivia looked horrified at the notion. "No! It is a shopping expedition. They would be a nuisance. Besides, Sir Philip promised them that the head groom would give them a tour of the stables when they get back."

"Get back?"

"Yes. They've gone with Philip to see the boys at Silverwood."

"Indeed?" Cassandra still felt shock at the way Georgette and her mother spoke so casually about Philip's blatant indiscretions.

Georgette nodded, then looked a little anxious. "You don't mind, do you?"

"What? That he take Crispin and Hart with him? No, I am grateful to him for that.

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