Lord Kane's Keepsake by Sandra Heath

Author:Sandra Heath [Heath, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Regency Romance
Publisher: Belgrave House
Published: 1992-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

My dear Emma,

I fear that I must cry off our drive this afternoon, for my duties as Lord Castlereagh’s second have intervened. As you will have gathered, Lord Yarmouth and I were indeed summoned last night to be asked to act in the unfortunate matter of a duel.

Lord Castlereagh has written a very long letter, setting out his grievances, and it has fallen to me to deliver it to the foreign secretary, who is at present at South Hill, near Windsor. The letter conveys to him that nothing short of a duel will suffice, and suggests a meeting at dawn tomorrow, Thursday, the twenty-first, near Lord Yarmouth’s cottage at Putney Heath.

Knowing that the drive to South Hill will take some time, and wishing to return to London in time to see what else I can do in support of my friend, I have taken the precaution of writing this explanatory letter to you, which I will leave, as it is most unlikely that you will be up at such an early hour.

Seconds are required to do a great deal of negotiating, and I therefore doubt very much if I will be able to see you again before the duel, but I expect to call upon you directly it is over. I also trust that the outcome will be favorable to Lord Castlereagh.

Please forgive me for failing to keep our appointment this afternoon, but I know that you will forgive and understand.

Gerald

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