Bridgertons 7: It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn
Author:Julia Quinn
Language: fra
Format: mobi
Tags: Historical
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2010-05-05T22:00:00+00:00
Chapter 11
A quarter of an hour later. Hyacinth is completely unaware that her life is about to change.
âYour maid is discreet?â Gareth asked, just as soon as he and Hyacinth were standing on the pavement outside of Number Five.
âOh, donât worry about Frances,â Hyacinth said, adjusting her gloves. âShe and I have an understanding.â
He lifted his brows in an expression of lazy humor. âWhy do those words, coming from your lips, strike terror in my soul?â
âIâm sure I donât know,â Hyacinth said blithely, âbut I can assure you that she wonât come within twenty feet of us while weâre strolling. We have only to stop and get her a tin of peppermints.â
âPeppermints?â
âSheâs easily bribed,â Hyacinth explained, looking back at Frances, who had already assumed the requisite distance to the couple and was now looking quite bored. âAll the best maids are.â
âI wouldnât know,â Gareth murmured.
âThatI find difficult to believe,â Hyacinth said. He had probably bribed maids all across London. Hyacinth couldnât imagine that he could have made it to his age, with his reputation, and not have had an affair with a woman who wanted it kept secret.
He smiled inscrutably. âA gentleman never tells.â
Hyacinth decided not to pursue the topic any further. Not, of course, because she wasnât curious, but rather because she thought heâd meant what heâd said, and he wasnât going to spill any secrets, delicious though they might be.
And really, why waste oneâs energy if one was going to get nowhere?
âI thought we would never escape,â she said, once theyâd reached the end of her street. âI have much to tell you.â
He turned to her with obvious interest. âWere you able to translate the note?â
Hyacinth glanced behind her. She knew sheâd said Frances would remain far in back, but it was always good to check, especially as Gregory was no stranger to the concept of bribery, either.
âYes,â she said, once she was satisfied that they would not be overheard. âWell, most of it, at least. Enough to know that we need to focus our search in the library.â
Gareth chuckled.
âWhy is that funny?â
âIsabella was a great deal sharper than she let on. If sheâd wanted to pick a room that her husband was not likely to enter, she could not have done better than the library. Except for the bedroom, I suppose, butââhe turned and gazed down at her with an annoyingly paternalistic glanceââthatâs not a topic for your ears.â
âStuffy man,â she muttered.
âNot an accusation that is often flung my way,â he said with a slightly amused smile, âbut clearly you bring out the best in me.â
He was so patently sarcastic that Hyacinth could do nothing but scowl.
âThe library, you say,â Gareth mused, after taking a moment to enjoy Hyacinthâs distress. âIt makes perfect sense. My fatherâs father was no intellectual.â
âI hope that means he didnât possess very many books,â Hyacinth said with a frown. âI suspect that she left another clue tucked into one.â
âNo such luck,â Gareth said with a grimace. âMy grandfather might not have been
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