Love Finds You in Annapolis, Maryland by Roseanna White

Author:Roseanna White
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love Finds You in Annapolis Maryland
ISBN: 9781609363130
Publisher: Guideposts
Published: 2011-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“You failed to mention how devastatingly handsome he is.”

“Did I?” Lark smiled at Sena and bent down to remove her slippers. “An oversight.”

Sena chuckled from her place at the dressing table. “Oh, certainly. Admit it, Lark. Emerson Fielding looks at you, and you turn to pudding.”

“Not under threat of torture will I admit such a thing.” But she laughed and peeled off her stockings. “And I can say in all honesty there was no such reaction today.”

“No, it seemed not.” Sena sighed and turned away from the mirror to face her. “Still. I can see why you waited so long for him to set a date. ’Tis hard to let go of so fine a catch, hmm?”

“Especially when there is no good explanation for how I landed him to begin with.” She sighed and rolled up the stockings for use tomorrow. The ones that had gone into the bay would have to undergo a serious laundering, but these she had only donned a short time before, after her hair had finally dried enough to walk home.

Accompanied, of course, by the undauntable Emerson.

Sena ran the brush through her hair one last time and set it on the dressing table. “I have no idea what you mean by that. You are a fine catch yourself. Lovely of face, graceful of figure, full of wit and verve, and from an excellent family.”

Lark hummed and put on the thick socks she would sleep in. Her toes had yet to warm up. “But he admitted the only reason he ever wanted to marry me was because I was dull and silent.”

Sena’s brows rose. “You? Silent?”

Laughter bubbled up again. Naturally, Sena would take issue with that rather than with Emerson’s admission. “I thought the way to keep him was to obey all the lessons I’d had on propriety.”

“I imagine if Mrs. Green were here, she would be able to provide some wisdom from Ben Franklin’s pen to either convince you of your folly or assure you your reasoning was sound, depending on his mood.”

“Sena, dear?” Mrs. Randel’s voice came from the hallway. “Could you help me for a moment?”

“Coming, Mamma.” She stood and pointed at Lark. “Do not dare think any pivotal thoughts about your Mr. Fielding until I return.”

“I shan’t, I promise,” Lark said with a laugh. Then marveled at how much laughing she’d done about the situation this evening, when it had all seemed so dire and frustrating earlier.

As Sena reached the doorway, Alice filled it, outfitted in her new maid’s attire. Strange how Lark barely knew the woman yet found the picture so very wrong. Sena, however, grinned and threw her arms around Alice with typical abandon. “Oh, you cannot know how glad I am to have you here! Are the children settled?”

Alice’s scarlet curls danced as she nodded. “We will not stay here long, though—only until the roof is repaired. Which I would not have been able to afford to do, had your family not made this offer. I owe you much, Sena.

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