Nightrose by Dorothy Garlock

Author:Dorothy Garlock [Garlock, Dorothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 1990-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Down the street at the Anaconda Hotel, Justin Rowe stood in the large oriel window built out from the wall and resting on a bracket. From this point he could see up and down the main street of Virginia City. His pale blue eyes were drawn to Rowe’s tall, lanky frame for he was a man who stood out in a crowd. As Justin watched, Rowe paused to let a carriage pass, then quickly crossed the street.

“Helga,” Justin said sharply. “Come here.” The woman jumped off the chair and hurried to the window. “Isn’t that Garrick?”

“Where?”

“There! Going up the steps to the walk in front of the newspaper.”

“Why, yes, I believe it is. Although I’ve never seen him in clothes like that.”

“What did you expect, a cutaway coat and striped trousers?” he sneered.

Helga backed away from the window and took her place once again on the straight-backed chair. Justin had been in a strange mood for the past day and a half. It had something to do with the letter he had taken from Garrick’s bureau during the brief few minutes they had been in his room. They had no more than set their bags on the floor and removed their hats when the manager had knocked on the door and ordered them out. The room, he had said, was rented by the month to a Mr. Garrick Rowe. He was sorry for the inconvenience, but the new clerk had made a mistake because of the name.

Justin had already seen the mail on the bureau addressed to Garrick and had slipped a letter into his pocket before he opened the door to admit the manager. He had put up a fuss, but in the end they had gone across to the Anaconda Hotel and were given one of the last rooms available.

Last evening and today he had stood or sat by the window looking down on the street. He didn’t talk or complain about the shabbiness of the room. He didn’t even berate her when it took so long for her to bring him a tray of food. Helga didn’t know what to make of it. She had thought she knew all of her husband’s moods. Justin acted almost as if his self-confidence had been wiped out of him. Impossible, she reasoned. Justin Rowe was the most arrogant, confident person she had ever known. But something had given him a jolt. Helga had no hope that he would share it with her. He never did.

Helga took advantage of the quiet time to think about her son at home. She missed him so desperately and was so fearful of the training he was receiving at the hands of the nurse Justin had hired. He was being taught that he was so superior to the children of the servants he played with that if he wanted them to lie down and be walked on, they should do so.

To leave Ian had been one of the hardest things Helga had ever had to do.

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