Charity Girl by Georgette Heyer

Author:Georgette Heyer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Regency, Regency fiction, General, Romance, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9781402213502
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 1970-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Mr Steane rose to his feet, saying: "I shall not conceal from you, young man, that I am by no means satisfied. It has already been made plain to me that you are—not to wrap the matter up in clean linen!—an accomplished fibster. Reluctant though I may be—indeed I am!—to bring a blush of embarrassment to any delicately nurtured female's cheeks—I perceive that it is my duty, as a parent, to discover from Miss Silverdale the truth of this shocking affair. Not to mention, of course, my ardent desire to clasp my child to my bosom again! If you will be so good, Mr Carrington, as to inform me as to the precise locality of Miss Silverdale's abode, I will relieve you of my presence!"

"Oh, it's in Hertfordshire!" said Simon carelessly. "Ask anyone in Ware the way to Inglehurst: they'll tell you!" He added, as Mr Steane picked up his hat: "But you'd be better advised to await my brother's return! I daresay Lady Silverdale may consent to receive you if you go to Inglehurst under his wing, but she's devilish high in the instep, I warn you, and the chances are that if you go alone you won't get over the doorstep!"

"You are insolent, my good boy," replied Mr Steane loftily. "You are also foolish beyond permission. How, pray, does it come about that this model of propriety has—according to your story—received my daughter into her distinguished household?"

"Why, because she was sorry for her, of course!" said Simon. "Just as anyone would be for a girl who had been deserted by her sole surviving parent, and cast destitute upon the world!"

Mr Steane, casting upon him a look of ineffable disdain, stalked wordlessly out of the room.

Young Mr Carrington, wasting no more than two minutes over a self-congratulatory review of his encounter with as sly a rogue as had ever, as yet, tried to tap him on the shoulder, realized that if his masterly (if far from truthful) handling of the situation were not to be overset it behoved him to make all possible speed to Inglehurst, to warn Hetta of the ordeal in store for her, and to inform her that he had recklessly betrothed her to Desford.

He was shrewd enough to feel pretty confident that Mr Steane, in spite of his air of opulence and his boast that he had raised himself from low tide to high water, was not quite so flush in the pocket as he pretended to be. It was unlikely that he would go to the expense of hiring a post-chaise and four to carry him to Inglehurst. If he hired a chaise at all, it would be a chaise and pair, but it was more probable, Simon thought, that he would travel to Ware on the Mail, or even a stagecoach, and hire a carriage there to carry him to Inglehurst. At the same time, it would not do to make too sure of this. Young Mr Carrington, that promising spring of fashion,

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