Miss Davenport’s Christmas by M. C. Beaton/ Marion Chesney

Author:M. C. Beaton/ Marion Chesney [Beaton, M. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7953-2084-2
Publisher: RosettaBooks, LLC
Published: 1993-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Margaret, Belinda, and their escorts, Mr. Travers and Mr. Jensen, arrived the following day, the girls bringing ball gowns with them.

Jilly and Mandy were in raptures over the pretty muslin dresses. Jilly’s was pale green, and Mandy’s, pale blue. The delight in being able to wear colors, in admiring the fine stitching and embroidery, made both of them give Belinda and Margaret impulsive hugs. And the only thing to dim the rest of the day for Jilly and Mandy was the absence of Lord Paul and Lord Ranger. When they went skating in the pond, now a circle of black glass surrounded by sparkling white snow, Jilly and Mandy’s eyes kept straying in the direction of the road, both hoping to hear the sound of horses’ hooves. There was no reason for them not to come. The bright sunlight of yesterday had melted the snow on the roads. Now all they had to worry about was that it would snow again before the ball and that they would be unable to reach Moreton-in-Marsh.

Jilly thought a lot about Lord Ranger, about the way their eyes had met. She did not want to end up as worried and longing as Mandy and kept trying to turn her mind to other things. But he seemed to have become stamped on her mind: his eyes, his smile, the light tan of his skin and the strength of his hands.

If only something would happen to Harriet and Lucinda to stop them from going to that ball. Jilly was in no doubt that the ruin of the ball gowns had been deliberate. At least they had shot their bolt. After such a dreadful thing, they would not dare try anything else.

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