The Sleeping Partner by Madeleine E. Robins

Author:Madeleine E. Robins [Robins, Madeleine E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery & Crime
Publisher: Plus One Press
Published: 2012-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Perhaps the greatest stroke of good fortune Miss Tolerance had experienced in a singularly luckless day was to find Sir Walter Mandif at home when she arrived. The jarvey, inspired by the promise of a lavish tip, had stepped to the door to inquire there. Miss Tolerance, for whom even the short ride had been as horrid as she had imagined, leaned out at the door of the coach in time to see Michael, Sir Walter’s manservant, open the door. She waved, the jarvey explained, and Michael ran to fetch his master.

A moment later Sir Walter was at the door of the coach, paying the jarvey and assisting Miss Tolerance into the house. He said nothing, for which she was very grateful, but his face was pale and his lips pressed together. Miss Tolerance was brought into a small front parlor which, from its mustiness, she suspected was rarely used, and placed in a winged chair by the fireplace. Michael, who normally bounded about with the energy of a half-grown hunting dog, knelt to catch the fire and then, after a murmured consultation with Sir Walter, left the room.

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