Earl and Fairy: Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 5] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub

“Now, I advise you to refrain from making excuses when your fidelity comes into question.” The invisible fairy had taken a feather from the wax figure’s veil and was waving it around in front of Edgar to show its position.

“Forgive me, but to whom am I speaking?”

“The coblynau.”

“Ah, yes. Of course.” The earl had never expected Lydia to disguise herself as a maid and sneak in here. He was still standing dumbstruck in the doorway.

“A sincere apology would be the best course of action.”

“Did you give that same advice to any of the Blue Knight Earls of old?”

“I did, I did! He knew how his wife would react if she found out, and yet he did it anyway! The mind boggles!”

It sounded like Edgar’s adopted ancestors had the same penchant for choosing brides with short tempers.

“If I may, did Lydia come here seeking the cursed diamond? Or was she concerned about my faithfulness?” Supposing the latter, perhaps he could get his hopes up.

“It was the diamond. That is not to say that she would turn a blind eye to your transgression! Unless, that is, yours is one of those passionless engagements one hears of here and there.”

The coblynau’s last comment hit a little too close to home. Lydia’s kindness toward Edgar was borne of her personality. It came from her compassionate heart and her inability to abandon those in need. He wasn’t sure that her feelings had evolved much beyond that, although occasionally he had the sense that they had. Unfortunately, it seemed he only ever hurt her and made her cry. He had thought that establishing their engagement would have been easy. Lydia had shown no indication that it had soured her opinion of him, so he had been confident that he would see it through one way or another. The matter of the wax figure could be settled with a thorough explanation. Having said that, her flight had both shocked and puzzled him. The sensation of Lydia’s frail bones yielding to him had been stuck at the forefront of his mind, pushing him into a pit of self-loathing that had left him unable to pursue her.

***

“My, whatever have you done to yourself, Miss Carlton?” Masefield frowned at the thick layer of bandage wrapped around Lydia’s left ring finger.

“It is the result of carelessness, but it is nothing too serious.” Since Edgar wouldn’t remove the ring, there had been nothing else for it. At least she would be able to dodge suspicion for the time being.

“Oh dear. You didn’t break the bone, did you? And on your ring finger too... I do hope it doesn’t swell too much, else you won’t be able to wear your engagement ring.”

“It isn’t swollen,” Lydia assured her hurriedly. “I do not intend to accept Lord Ashenbert’s proposal in any case.”

She and her father had been invited to the Masefield estate today. The duke’s cousin was former mentor to Professor Carlton and was visiting London from Cambridge. He was throwing a small gathering, and since Lydia had come straight from Edgar’s estate, her father had made it here before her.

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