The Scarred Duchess Deal: A Historical Regency Romance Novel by Harriet Caves

Author:Harriet Caves [Caves, Harriet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cobalt Fairy LLC
Published: 2023-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

“Can you not control that beast?!” Anna hissed angrily at her husband.

“Hmm?” Theodore answered as he chewed his food loudly. Nobody else around him had even attempted to eat with all of the ruckus. Cats kept running in and out of the room, looking for shelter. Some had damp heads from dog drool being shaken over them. Colonel Floppy Ears appeared to think that he was in heaven. Chase was his absolute favorite game, and he presently had an endless supply of targets that he felt certain wished to play with him. He did not know that he was frightening them. He woofed and barked happily each time he made his appearance known.

“Oh, him? The Colonel is at battle. You cannot recall the troops until their mission is completed. You know that. Honestly, woman.” Theodore laughed from his belly and downed the contents of his wine cup. He wiped his mouth with the back of his meaty hand and lifted his glass to be refilled. “He is only playing, after all. He will tucker himself out sooner or later. I ought to have been keeping tally somehow so that he would have a war story of his own.”

“You cannot be serious!” Anna interjected. Tessa had seen her reach this level of irritation a couple of times before. There came a point where she no longer cared about decorum or the way that she was supposed to act. She became so angry with her husband that she was unable to hold her tongue. Usually, this happened when she felt that she was being disrespected. If she was going to lose face anyway, then she might as well go out with a bang. Anything that might take the heat off of her and place it somewhere else was a win in her books. “Can you really claim to be ignorant of the fact that your pet is making everybody at this table deeply uncomfortable? If only you had left your beast at home like I had originally asked you to do – then we would not be in this situation!”

Theodore’s brow furrowed. He looked younger at that moment than Tessa could remember seeing him in a very, very long time. “What are you talking about? Everybody here loves Colonel Floppy Ears–”

“No, they do not! You are making everybody deeply uncomfortable, and I beg of you to take him elsewhere so that we can attempt to salvage the rest of this evening in peace!”

Theodore turned to look at each one of them in turn, hoping that there would be some indication on any of their faces that his wife was wrong and that his beloved dog was a welcome, wanted member of this dinner party. As much as it pained them to see him so forlorn, they could not lie to his face either. They could not pretend that it was appetizing to hear the screams of the poor, frightened cats.

Theodore pushed away from the table so swiftly that his chair scraped awkwardly against the floor.

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