The Marquess of Gorsewall Manor by Adella J Harris

Author:Adella J Harris [Harris, Adella J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: After the Swan's Nest book 1, mm romance, gay romance, regency romance, historical romance, gay historical romance
Publisher: Adella J Harris
Published: 2018-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Our meal was already laid out when we returned to the house, and we discussed random, noncommittal things, the book he was reading, something I had seen in the newspaper, and finally the strange marriage of Miss Kelsleigh to her father’s butler. Neither of us mentioned my melancholy or his trip to London. When the meal was finished, we retired to the study, and Lord Elmsby showed me the task to be done. It was simple enough. He’d completed some business papers and needed cover letters written for them. Each had a sheet of scribbled notes on what he wanted relayed, and I merely needed to put those notes into a more formal letter. Many of the notes were attached to contracts, and I couldn’t help but look them over.

It seemed Lord Elmsby had property in several parts of England, I assumed purchased when he’d thought he would not inherit anything, and he was personally overseeing the running of them. Most seemed to be well-suited to farming, although copper had been found on one near the coast and coal on one to the north, and he was contracting with local firms to oversee the mining. It was quite similar to arrangements I had looked into when I had been clerking at the solicitor’s firm in London, and I couldn’t resist taking a closer look at the contracts.

Once I started looking, I began picking apart clauses and searching for weaknesses, and before I knew it, I was making notes and considering alternate wording. I barely noticed when Lord Elmsby got up from his desk and was quite startled when he came up to the desk where I was working at and asked, “Something wrong with that contract?”

“No, nothing’s wrong,” I said quickly, hoping I hadn’t overstepped my place. He hadn’t asked me to review them, after all, merely write the letters he had planned.

“But something’s bothering you about it.”

In for a penny, I decided. “It just seems there’s a weakness in the royalty clause. A little rewording could make it clearer, and therefore stronger and more in your favor.”

Lord Elmsby looked over my shoulder at the clause. “What do you suggest?”

“I don’t like to second-guess your solicitor, certainly not when I don’t know the parties involved.”

“But?”

“I could write out a suggestion, and you could present it to him and get his opinion on it. I might be completely wrong, or there could be some other reason he has phrased this as he has.”

Lord Elmsby nodded. “Write out your suggestion, and I will decide what to do about it.”

I drew a sheet of paper towards myself and hoped I hadn’t just made a terrible mistake.

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