Kathryn Caskie - [Royle Sisters 02] by How to Engage an Earl

Author:How to Engage an Earl
Language: eng
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Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

How to Be Patient

The village of St. Albans

Anne had always been the least patient of the three Royle sisters. Her father, who had to have been the most patient physician in all of England, had oft told her so. “Patience is a virtue,” he counseled her whenever she was called upon to sit up all night with a feverish farmer or sick child.

So she silently reminded herself of the dictum during the minutes her sister Elizabeth stared down at the serving plate, trying to decide which bit of mutton she should choose for her supper.

And again she reminded herself while waiting three-quarters of an hour while her older sister, Mary, dickered with a merchant over a penny she could save if she simply bought the tea from another shopkeeper.

So she waited, patiently, inside Laird’s town carriage as Lady MacLaren had instructed. Truly, ever so patiently…until the bell in the town clock tower heralded the next hour.

It was then that Anne decided that something could be wrong. She really ought to check the health of Lady MacLaren, just to be certain she fared well.

Abruptly she flung open the carriage door, striking something. Hard.

A woman shrieked with pain.

“Oh, dear heavens, what have I done?” Anne leapt out of the carriage and slammed the door shut. There, a woman was sitting on the pavement, stunned. Blood gushed in streams from her pert little nose, staining her silk rose-striped walking ensemble.

“Oh, this is such a dreadful accident!” Anne rushed to her and dropped down at her side. “I am so sorry—I didn’t see you coming.” Anne tilted the woman’s head back and pinched the bridge of her nose to slow the bleeding. Oh no. It moved. “I fear you have broken it, madam.”

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