Titanic Affair by Amanda Grange

Author:Amanda Grange [Grange, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General, Historical, Love Stories, Man-Woman Relationships, Titanic (Steamship)
ISBN: 0727861026
Google: 8xyxAQAACAAJ
Amazon: 0727861026
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 2003-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Carl remained in the reading room only long enough to engage in a little polite conversation with the Countess of Rothes before he made his way down to second-class to speak to Hutton. He knocked on the door of Hutton’s room and was quickly admitted.

‘There’s something I want you to do,’ he said, as Hutton hastily put on his coat. ‘There’s a man in steerage who goes by the name of Barker. I want him watched. On no account are you to let him pass through into first-class accommodation.’

‘What do you want me to do if he tries it?’ asked Hutton. ‘Do you want me to come and tell you, or do you want me to stop him?’

‘I want you to stop him. Use an excuse if you can, but if needs be use force.’

Hutton nodded.

‘And Hutton, under no circumstances allow him to go near the telegraph office.’

‘Very good, sir. How long am I to keep him under surveillance?’

‘Until we leave the ship at New York. Possibly beyond. I’ll let you know that at the time.’

‘Very good, sir, I’ll get right on it.’

‘Good man.’

Carl left the stateroom, and made his way to the telegraph office, intending to find out if Barker had sent a telegraph to Silas Montmerency, revealing that Emilia was aboard the ship. If that was the case, Carl needed to know about it, so that he could take additional steps to protect her in New York. The telegraph office was busy, but at last he was able to find that no telegrams had been sent. Barker wanted to be sure of her first, Carl guessed. It was no use saying he had her, and then leaving Mr Montmerency to rave at him if he lost her. It was a relief, because protecting Emilia would have been a lot more difficult in New York, particularly if she had refused to stay with him.

He found his thoughts going to the man she intended to stay with. Who was he, this man? A childhood friend, she had said, but childhood friends could, on occasion, turn into something more.

At the thought of it he felt the stirrings of an uncomfortable emotion, and he realized it was jealousy. The strength of his feelings took him by surprise. He had never felt jealous of any man before, but couldn’t hide from himself that fact that he was jealous of Charles. It was Charles who would have the pleasure of Emilia’s company in New York; Charles who would have an opportunity to show her round the splendid city and take her to see the sights.

He gritted his teeth as he thought of it.

One way or another, Emilia Cavendish seemed to have been created to destroy his peace of mind.

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