UNDER THE EARTHLINE by Montgomery Laura
Author:Montgomery, Laura
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ground Based Press
Published: 2020-06-26T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Arriving back at the apartments as late in the afternoon as she did, Harriett met with a series of questions from her Aunt Maria, who was not pleased she had been unable to find her niece for most of the day. Maria had been more gratified to hear of the morning ride with Dietrich, but less so that Harriett had visited a fencing school, the fields north of town where she had traded her skirt with a girl she now couldnât find, and then gone to the palace basement with Maxwell and Thaddeus Dawe.
Maria put her hands on her hips. âWhat will Dietrich think? I know Maxwell is your cousinââ
Harriett tried a smile. âHeâs like a brother to me.â
The smile didnât work. âAnd donât interrupt. Thaddeus Dawe is not your cousin, and Iâm sure Dietrich wouldnât like you spending so much time with the man. And looking for him in a sword school?â Maria pressed her hands to her temples.
Harriett was not seventeen. She did not defiantly tell her aunt about her disenchantment with Dietrichâa disinterest that was definite, clear, and irrevocableâbecause it would only have upset her well-meaning relative. So she made soothing noises and told her aunt she needed to work on the childrenâs lessons.
There had been a geometry exam that had not gone well, and they would need to repeat it. Which, her aunt then pointed out, Harriett could have done already if only sheâd stayed home instead of wandering the town. Harriett needed to act less like a farm girl, and more like a woman who could become a great manâs wife, a man who was their neighbor back home. She was only glad Clyde had returned to their lands to check on the harvest just that afternoon so he had been spared the mortification of his nieceâs behavior.
Eventually, the sharing of all thoughts that had been building in her aunt through the day abated, and dinner had been loud with all the younger Satcoms present. Harriett hid her anxiety for Maddie Kent. Her only hope for Maddieâs safety was that her parents were with her. And Dietrich couldnât want anything to happen to her with Harriett herself taking such an interest in the girl. Could he?
Harriett rose early the next morning, put on a round skirtâone less noticeable than the previous dayâsâa pair of half boots, and a jacket against the chill, and took her breakfast.
Now, Harriett waited for Maxwell and Thaddeus on the balcony. They were going to find the jail, and she was going to do what she could for Maddie. Despite Maddie being the one who approached them, and despite the guards already being at her house when she and the other two WesHem arrived, Harriett felt somehow responsible for the girl. She supposed it was because she was convinced this was all Dietrichâs doingânot that she was responsible for him either. She sighed.
It had rained in the night. The air was fresh, washed clean of chimney and cooking smoke. From
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