The Duke's Cautious Governess: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Book by Fanny Finch

Author:Fanny Finch [Finch, Fanny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-21T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

As the afternoon progressed, Agnes started to see what the duke had said. Georgia was making so much progress. More than Agnes had thought. The words flowed freely now. It was hard to notice because, when one lived with a child, their gradual progress was almost imperceptible.

But hearing the greater variety of words erupting from the girl's mouth, and seeing how well she strung her sentences together, Agnes realized she was almost up to where she needed to be at her age. It was nearly a miracle, how much this withdrawn, shocked child had developed in a mere few weeks.

She was not reading yet, and she was still shy and awkward, but those were more typical problems. Agnes had been warned about these issues at this stage in Georgia's development, and she felt more prepared to tackle them.

The most important development Agnes had noticed was how proactive the girl was. She no longer simply followed instructions and suggestions. Rather, she would actively seize papers from Agnes, point things out and say what they were, and ask questions about the things she saw, heard, and felt. She was even beginning to ask questions about stories and faith, about the nature of existence and dreams. Simple questions, such as "Does God see everything?" or "Why do I not know when I'm dreaming?", but questions nonetheless. Her mind was forming faster and faster each day.

Agnes followed the child around the playroom as she pointed out her toys and explained what each one was to her obliging audience. Agnes made all the right sounds to show approval and awe. She gasped a little when Georgia explained that bears and tigers ate people, waving some hard wooden toys, crudely painted bright colours. She nodded and smiled as Georgia explained all the different jobs that horses did, from "pull things", to "go places", to "eat hay". It was so magical, as though all of a sudden the girl's imagination had been ignited.

Agnes was so pleased with the progress Georgia was making. She knew that before long the girl would be playing make-believe and reading. She was now no different to any other girl her age. It was a remarkable recovery.

Georgia was so proud and happy now. Such a wonderful child. A perfect sister to the duke. As Agnes picked Georgia up, she saw movement out of the corner of her eye. But when she looked, it was gone. The door to the playroom was slightly ajar. Agnes could guess at what had happened, but she waited to see.

Sure enough, a few moments later she watched, out of the corner of her eye, as the duke nudged the door a little more open, peered in, then retreated and made his way back down the hallway. Despite her request to be left alone with Georgia, Agnes realized that the duke was watching again, just a brief glance through the doors as he passed by the rooms the two were in. Even though he was honouring their agreement by not intruding on the lessons, he had found a loophole and he was exploiting it.

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