With One Look by Jennifer Horsman

Author:Jennifer Horsman [Horsman, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical, General
ISBN: 9780380775965
Google: T9CVUHGKUtsC
Amazon: B004APA2LS
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1994-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

Murray sat beneath the tall, longleaf cypress trees. His old medical book was spread across his lap, and he skimmed, then read. He knew he'd read that case years ago at Science Academy in London. He was sure of it. It must be in his other books, left in the house in New Orleans. He'd send for them.

The morning sun made its way across a cloudy sky. The air stirred with a slight breeze. The day felt pleasantly cooler, though still muggy and humid. A storm must be headed in from the Gulf.

Murray noticed none of it.

Carl appeared with some lemonade and mentioned that, unbelievably, no one else was up yet. "I do hope the two couples find the strength to make it down for supper."

Murray chuckled and said something about being glad for his sunset years, no longer being kept up all night, and anyway, not ever remembering having been kept up this long by anyone. Carl readily agreed with such sentiments.

"Carl, when's the next trip back to New Orleans?"

"Well, Tripoli just arrived this morning with Victor's business affairs and I should think he'll be leaving again this afternoon, as soon as it's cool enough to travel."

"I need some books at the house. They're buried in the library there. They'll have to be searched for." The doctor gave specific instructions and then said, "I want them back as soon as possible. Send someone out on a special trip if necessary."

Murray returned to his troubled thoughts of a blind young lady who suffered from terrible seizures at the mention of an accident, and a murderer still at large, the perplexing puzzle of just how a seizure could wipe away a memory ...

"I'm going to have to get Luke to help me cut down that tree today," Victor said as he came up behind the doctor, carrying Jade's puppy and noticing the tree Murray sat beneath for the first time. "I never noticed how close it was to the house. A good lightning storm will send her into flames."

"Well, you finally saw your way to getting up."

"I had a very long night," he said, as he smiled in reply.

Victor looked relaxed for the first time in long weeks. He sat down beside Murray and let little Wolf Dog run free on the ground, grinning as the puppy bounced down the hill, then back to his arms, then away again. Carl returned with coffee, more than his usual amount of insolent comments, and presented Victor with a stack of letters and envelopes from the city. "Carl, find Luke and tell him I need him to help ax that tree there, fetch the axes and the saws. I don't think I want to wait a day."

Victor began going through the mail. Most of it was commodity bills for his company, but there was also a letter from John, who was overseeing the hiring, what little of this there was. John had managed to find only six men. They needed five times that many. If things didn't get any better he'd soon be forced to purchase indentured servants.

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