Trafalgar and Beyond: A John Phillips Novel (War at Sea Book 3) by Richard Testrake

Author:Richard Testrake [Testrake, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-03-30T22:00:00+00:00

Mister Haynes knew all about Sarah Phillip’s ordeal in Paris, and was familiar with her activities there. It seemed the French authorities were also knowledgeable of her, her background, and that of her husband. When she was solvent, after receiving a purse full of gold coin from her husband, she had a habit of going on shopping sprees, buying the latest fashions available in the Parisian shops. After one of these sprees, she had complained to a fashionable well-dressed, man about town, about her monetary difficulties; how difficult it was to obtain the necessary funds from Britain in order for her to maintain a position in Parisian society. The Parisian branch of the money smuggling effort had refused to handle money transfers any longer, feeling it was only a matter of time before the authorities would get wind of the business.

Actually, they already had. One of the pleas for more funds had been found, and with some effort, decoded. The Parisian goldsmith shop had to be shut down, and the proprietor and his employees scattered to the wind. The man-about-town, really a government agent, began squiring her to balls and parties. Money seemed no longer to be an object, and there were no longer embarrassing speeches to listen to about her spending habits. Bills from fashion shops were no longer presented to her. She assumed he new friend was taking care of those boring details.

There were a few flies in the ointment, though. While she had a very busy social life, her two children were demanding more of her time than she was prepared to give. When the eldest contracted measles, she had a problem.

Of course, she could not spend the hours with her sick child that other, more plebian mothers did, but where could she get help to watch the children? Her escort Raoul had answers to most problems, so she took the question to him. The answer seemed simple enough; just hire a few women to provide round-the -clock care. Unfortunately, Sarah’s maids had already spread the word that this handsome young man was a government agent. The government had a very poor reputation among potential care givers, so there were no volunteers. Sarah turned down the few female agents that were assigned to her.

Then a light flashed in Susan’s head. “I have a good friend and neighbor, Charlotte Norris back home. She loves the children. Perhaps I could send the children to her.”

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