Linda Needham by My Wicked Earl

Author:My Wicked Earl
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Something about…about…something. Hellfire!

“Show me,” he said, which roused still another frown out of the woman and fretted the boy’s forehead. Perhaps he’d barked it. “Please,” he added.

The boy remained sheltered in the skirt of her huge apron, his gaze flicking out from under his dark brows while he slowly unballed the crinkled page and finally held it up, tucked under his nose.

“Chip has learned to spell his name, my lord.”

The boy had, apparently. He then rattled off a short string of letters and then stood as still as a lead soldier, waiting for another order from him, another word.

Something encouraging, because it was marvelous indeed; it caught at his heart and his pride. Only six, and the boy was spelling.

“Excellent,” Charles said, with an emphatic nod that ought to end the matter. A fine word. None better for a son to hear from a father. But all he got for his effort was more wary staring from the pair.

Miss Finch at last made an extravagantly patient sound in her throat. “Excellent, indeed, Chip. Why don’t you take the paper and show Mrs. Riley what you’ve learned? She’ll like that.”

“She will, Hollie. And she won’t run me out of the kitchen.”

The woman’s eyes sparkled as she smiled fondly at the boy. “She might even find you a sweet.”

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