The Ducal Gift & The Christmas Carriage by Grace Burrowes

Author:Grace Burrowes [Burrowes, Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

“I’ll just pop out here with you,” Westhaven said. “Stretch my legs a bit.”

They’d finally reached Frederick’s destination, the snow still coming down, and he doubted very much that Mr. Westhaven needed to stretch his legs. Frederick dug in his pocket for a penny, but Westhaven put a hand on his arm.

“It’s taken care of. Perhaps you’d show me where you work?”

“I can pay my fare, sir. I’ll not take your charity.”

Westhaven glanced about as foot traffic surged all around them, and the cabbie took on new fares. “One ought not be to be too proud, Mr. Itnyre. You gave me company when my coun— my wife had left me to my own devices, and you gave me an idea for her Christmas present. I confess I was becoming desperate. Can you recommend a good stationer?”

Frederick was being cozened—charmed, Lizze would have said—and he knew it. He also knew paper and stationery, as only a sorting clerk could. “Postlethwaite’s has the best selection and their prices are reasonable. They’re in Bloomsbury, off Madison. They have lap desks and inkwells and more pretty pens than you can properly inspect in a day.”

Westhaven fell in step beside Frederick. “Postlethwaite’s. Thank you. How many siblings did you say you had? I’m one of ten, myself. And who runs this installation of the king’s post? One does wonder about such things.”

Because he was of a height with Frederick, Mr. Westhaven could keep pace even in the snow, which was why when Frederick arrived nearly panting at his place of work, Westhaven was still with him, blethering on about his dear old papa being the perennial Lord of Misrule, and his doting mama hanging mistletoe from every cross beam of the family home.

And this made Frederick smile, because his own parents behaved in exactly the same fashion, each and every Christmas.

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