Song From the Sea by Katherine Kingsley

Author:Katherine Kingsley [Kingsley, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780440237440
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2013-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

11

England really was a very attractive country, Callie decided as the carriage barreled down the road to Folkestone. The hedge-banks teemed with shiny yellow buttercup and snowy white campion, the roadsides sported pink-tipped daisies and the bright yellow and purple of heartsease along with a myriad of other wildflowers she'd already identified the day before.

Spotting a clump of valerian growing in the crack of a wall, Callie smiled, thinking of Nellie and her fretful Georgie. She'd have to gather some valerian and make a nice infusion to bring to Nellie—she could make all sorts of infusions and decoctions from the plants she'd seen. That would keep her busy and her mind off Adam for a change.

He sat next to her, his gaze fixed on the road ahead. She had no idea where his thoughts had taken him, but she felt unaccountably shy after their late-night conversation, as if she had stripped her soul bare and was now badly feeling the exposure.

She could only be grateful that Adam had made no mention of their exchange. Indeed, the casual way in which he'd behaved all morning would have made her think she'd dreamed the entire interlude if every moment wasn't burned so clearly into her mind. What was it about the night that brought forth the deepest secrets of the heart?

At least she'd managed to keep her feelings about him to herself, and she thanked the good Lord that she had, for she wouldn't have been able to bear him looking at her with shock and horror, and almost worse, inevitable pity.

She really was ten kinds of fool, and given his extraordinary acuity, he was bound to figure that out for himself in no short order if she wasn't very, very careful. She hadn't managed to keep anything else from him very successfully, had she, no matter how hard she'd tried.

“Callie?”

She belatedly realized that Adam had spoken, and for an awful moment she thought he might have read her mind. She had to mentally shake herself back to the present moment. “I beg your pardon. Did you say something?” She schooled her face to reflect nothing more than polite inquiry. They were on their way to visit the dressmaker, nothing more. He couldn't possibly know what she'd been thinking about, no matter how acute he could be.

“I did,” he said, regarding her with a tinge of curiosity. “I asked if you minded being left at Mrs. Sorrel's shop while she does all the measuring and so on. I'd like to run some errands that would only bore you if you were with me, and frankly, I'd be bored to tears if I had to perch on an uncomfortable chair and make approving noises all afternoon.” He smiled. “I apologize, but I can't help being a man. Even my tailor tries my patience.”

“He might try your patience, but the results are worthwhile,” Callie said. “You are always well turned out. But do you think it wise to leave me on my own, Adam?

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