Tides of Fortune by Julia Brannan

Author:Julia Brannan [Brannan, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00

During the days when Antoinette did not need her, and as the temperature rose as July gave way to August, Beth spent more and more time in her room, ostensibly ‘resting’, a pastime eminently fitting for a delicate young aristocratic lady in such weather. Of course she needed her maid to fan her, and pour glasses of lime or tamarind water for her.

And so Rosalie’s education continued apace.

CHAPTER TEN

London, August 1747

After his meeting with Caroline and Edwin, the first thing Alex had done was to return to the field near Manchester where the chest of gold was buried, to retrieve more money. The last time, when accompanied by Graeme, he had taken enough to pay for a stay in London, the adoption of another couple of disguises if necessary, and for generous bribes to prison keepers. He had, however, not taken enough to pay for a trip to France, then to Martinique, followed by a possibly lengthy stay there while he searched for Beth.

This time he made sure that he had more than enough to fund whatever might need to be done. He could hardly return from the West Indies if he were to discover a need for even more money. He could always replace some if necessary; although he doubted that Beth would complain about the amount he had spent, if it meant they were reunited.

Reunited.

He still had to pinch himself on a regular basis to make sure that this was not some dream from which he would awaken to find that she had, after all, died at Culloden. He had a second chance of life with the only woman he had ever loved, the only woman he would ever love, and he was ready to do anything, anything at all to find her and bring her home.

He had spent the evening in an inn in Lancashire, where he demanded a private room, then sat up into the night sewing the considerable amount of gold coinage he now possessed into his clothing, ensuring that if he was robbed (unlikely as that was, considering his height, build and, when he wished to display it, air of menace) he would only lose the small amount of money he carried in his purse.

The next day he set off for London, where he rented a room near to the Royal Exchange, within reasonable distance of the coffee house at which he hoped to receive news of Beth’s whereabouts. He used the name of Sarah’s fictitious cousin, Adam Featherstone, although he abandoned the country bumpkin persona he’d adopted for Lydia’s benefit on the spur of the moment; it was not wise to appear to be innocent of the ways of the town, if you wished to remain unmolested. Particularly if you were carrying a small fortune on your person. The amended Adam Featherstone was from Cheshire, and was a man of small means but large ambition, who hoped to learn more of the stock market in the hopes of investing a little money and making a lot.

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