Lord Edwin Falls by Adella J Harris

Author:Adella J Harris [Harris, Adella J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: m/m romance, gay romance, regency romance
Publisher: Adella J Harris
Published: 2017-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Inside, the shop was chaos, with pattern books spread out over every available surface, and three shop girls hurrying around with trims and lace. Mrs. Rollins was seated in the middle of it, with a harried-looking seamstress trying to be polite and stop the teacup that was perched precariously on the table by Mrs. Rollins’s arm from falling off and spilling on anything valuable. He caught the seamstress’s eye to let her know he was there before saying, “Mrs. Rollins, this is a pleasant surprise.”

Mrs. Rollins twisted around in her chair, knocking the teacup with her elbow. Fortunately, the seamstress caught it before it could overturn. “Mr. Brideson, how good of you to come. And is that my silk?”

“It is indeed. Allow me to unwrap it for you.” Allen removed the paper and found a receipt to be signed inside on top of the fabric. It was filled out in the neat hand Martin used for formal documents. For an instant, Allen wished the man himself were there. He’d completely forgotten to bring anything for Mrs. Rollins to sign, that was why of course. Martin wouldn’t have been distracted; he would have thought of any little thing like that while Allen dealt with Mrs. Rollins. As he unrolled the fabric for approval, he noticed the seamstress seem to relax as Mrs. Rollins turned her attention to someone else. That movement reminded Allen of Martin and Humphries muttering about being paid. They’d probably say he would soon be as harried as she was. He ignored the voices in his head, which sounded more like Martin than Humphries if he was honest, and spread the cloth out for inspection.

Mrs. Rollins leaned over the fabric. The seamstress hurried to assist him in holding it out. “Oh this is very nice, isn’t it, Mrs. Rollins? The color will be so becoming on you.”

“I suppose it will do.”

“I hope you’re pleased. If you would just sign for it so I can add it to your account.” Allen held out the receipt.

Mrs. Rollins took the pen that was by the teacup. “Yes, it’s exactly what I asked for. But I’m not sure it’s quite right for the dress I had in mind.”

The seamstress draped her end of the fabric over a chair. “It would be perfect for the gown you were looking at yesterday. One moment while I find the sketch.” She started to sort through the mess around Mrs. Rollins’s chair.

Mrs. Rollins ignored her as she searched. “It was good of you to bring this yourself. Now I can give you your invitation to the showing in person. I do hate trusting important things to the servants. As often as not they forget to deliver them.”

Allen was tempted to say his never forgot such things as long as he remembered to ask them to do it, but he knew that would cost him the invitation at least, so he merely smiled. If Martin had been there, he could have joked about it in the hack on their way to where ever they would go to celebrate, but Martin wasn’t there.

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