For the Love of Lynette by Jillian Eaton

Author:Jillian Eaton [Eaton, Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bay Horse
Published: 2015-09-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

The next three days went by in a blur of endless questions and packing. For every dress and bit of linen Lynette managed to stuff into a trunk, she was forced to reply to at least half a dozen questions, nearly all of which she was incapable of answering.

“No,” she told Delilah for what had to be the eighteenth time. “I do not know if there will be ducks at Dunhill. But if there are not, I am sure we can arrange for some to be brought over. Yes, Temperance, we will be coming back to London for the Season. No, I haven’t any idea how many horses Lord Townsend owns but you can certainly ask him yourself when you meet. Enough!” she cried when Delilah opened her mouth to ask yet another question. The bonnets she’d been attempting to fold flew across her bedroom in a flutter of lace and faded cotton. “That is enough. I cannot take anymore. I simply cannot!”

Temperance, who had been sitting on the wide windowsill watching yet another rainstorm blow by, turned her head and lifted a brow. “We’re only curious about our soon to be brother-in-law. You must admit, you haven’t exactly been forthcoming with information.”

Lynette threw up her hands. “Because I do not have any information to give other than what I have already told you!”

“Which is not very much,” Temperance pointed out.

“Well I am sorry,” Lynette said as she began to collect the bonnets with the help of Delilah, “but you know as much as I do. Lord Blackbourne proposed marriage, I accepted, and we are to be wed by the end of the month. In the meantime, we will be temporarily moving into his country estate until the Season begins upon which time we will return to town.”

“And live where?” Delilah asked

“I - I do not know,” Lynette admitted.

“You do not know where we will be living?” Dropping down from the sill, Temperance crossed the small bedroom in three short strides and threw herself - rather dramatically, in Lynette’s opinion - upon the stripped mattress. “What I still do not understand is why you would accept the proposal of a man you know absolutely nothing about. Particularly given that this man is the twin brother of the one who ruined your reputation and put us in this mess to begin with!”

“True love?” Delilah suggested, her voice muffled as she scrounged around under the bed for the lost bonnet. Retrieving it, she wiggled out rump first and jumped to her feet with a triumphant grin. “Got it!” she said, holding out the now dusty bonnet.

“Thank you.” Lynette gave the bonnet a good shake before folding it into a tidy square and stacking it on top of the rest of the clothes she’d decided to bring with them on their journey to Dunhill. Dresses that did not fit or shawls with too many mended holes would be donated to a local orphanage. As would all of the furniture, silverware, plates, and paintings.

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