In The Bed Of A Duke by Cathy Maxwell - 16 - Cameron Sisters 02

Author:Cathy Maxwell - 16 - Cameron Sisters 02 [02, Cathy Maxwell - 16 - Cameron Sisters]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-04-19T20:34:51.968000+00:00

Phillip walked over to the fireplace, feeling as if the floor tilted right and left. Love was different than he’d imagined. It should have simplified life. It didn’t. He now had more worries than ever before.

“I’m here,” he said.

“Is something wrong?”

“What makes you think that?”

“Your voice sounds funny.”

She was far too astute. A man had to have his wits around his Charlotte. “I’ve been thinking,” he said truthfully.

“About the trial? What is this over, Colster?”

“I don’t know. No one has told me anything.”

“Colster, I have a request of you.” She sounded as if she’d moved closer to the wall separating their two rooms.

He knelt. “What is it?”

“If anything happens to me, please, you must look after my sister Constance.”

Constance would be the youngest. He barely remembered meeting her. “Is she in London?”

“No, I sent her to a Madame Lavaliere’s boarding school here in Scotland. It’s in Ollie’s Mill, a village close to Edinburgh.”

“Why did you send her all the way up here? We have schools in England.”

“Yes, but none would take us. They all feared incurring the Duke of Colster’s wrath.”

Phillip felt the barb in her voice. “They should have known better. The Duke of Colster isn’t that sort of man.”

Silence was her response.

“I’m not,” he insisted. “I can’t help it if people want to believe I am. Why did you send her to school anyway?” he asked, deciding a change of subject would be wiser.

“She needed polish. Mother had drilled us girls on social graces. It had been a game we’d played with her. However, Constance was too young when she died to remember the lessons. If she is going to marry a man of title, she needs some polish.”

“What if she doesn’t want to change who she is?” he dared to ask.

“She must,” Charlotte answered. “I want her to be happy. This is the best for her.”

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