AScandalousLady by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Eight

I t was the hardest letter Camilla had ever had to write, but after spending Monday night in a state of sleepless, humiliated misery she was determined to put an end to the whole sorry affair with some shreds of her dignity intact.

If she really had been setting out to ensnare the Earl then she would be seeking to retrieve the situation of the night before. The only way to convince him that this was not the case was to end their connection immediately, however painful that was. Camilla screwed up yet another sheet of expensive hot-pressed notepaper and, pushing back her chair, crossed to gaze unseeing out of the window.

‘Oh, Nicholas,’ she sighed, resting her hot forehead against the cool window pane. ‘I love you…’ It was the first time she had ever said it out loud, and although it was hopeless it gave her some pleasure to speak the words she would never say to him.

Outside the weather had turned showery and a cold gust sent a spiteful rattle of rain against the window and buffeted the newly emerged blossom on the shrubs in the garden below.

Camilla returned to her writing-desk and dipped her quill in the standish again.

Miss Knight wishes to convey to the Earl of Ashby her deep regret that he should have overheard the unwarranted speculations of some of her acquaintances last evening. Miss Knight begs his lordship to ignore this incident, attributing it to no more than spiteful tittle-tattle.

However, painful though this is, Miss Knight would wish to take this opportunity to assure his lordship that her intentions, and those of her family, have never been other than those of sincere friendship. A gentleman of his lordship’s experience will be able, after careful consideration, to place the correct interpretation upon some of Miss Knight’s actions which, however foolish, arose only from an inexperienced and passing affection.

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