All’s Fair in Love and War (MISS PRENTICE’S PROTEGEES #1) by Virginia Heath EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Virginia Heath
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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN, SEVEN YEARS BEFORE …
Georgie stared up at the strange building while her stepfather’s latest dour
housekeeper supervised the unloading of her things from the back of the
hackney.
It didn’t look like a school.
A school would surely be more imposing than this neat white
townhouse on the unfashionable outskirts of Mayfair. At least,
unfashionable was what the driver had claimed it was when they had
swapped conveyances from the Ipswich post an hour ago, although the area
still looked very smart to her. Certainly smarter than she was used to, at any
rate.
“Well, what are you waiting for, girl?” The housekeeper waved her
forward. “Knock on the door and go in! I haven’t got all day.”
Georgie put her foot on the first step, then paused, anxious. “Are you
sure we have the right address?” Only this cheerful four-story residence,
with its shiny black railings, pristine lace curtains, and sparkling windows
did not seem to be the sort of place her miserly stepfather would send her
to. But then again, her being sent away to school in the first place had been
grossly out of character for him too because the colonel did not believe in
the education of girls, so this was all as bizarre as it was sudden. His
housekeeper clearly agreed that something odd was afoot as she pulled the
folded piece of paper from her reticule to check, then glanced up at the
nearby street sign to be sure.
“Number three Half Moon Street is what it says here, so this is
definitely it.” Even so, the older woman still searched for a plaque of some
sort and frowned when she found nothing. “This is your home now.”
Was it?
The colonel had neglected to mention that when he had informed her
she was going off to learn how to be a governess so that she could earn her
own living one day. It wasn’t as if Georgie was his, after all, so she could
hardly expect him to be responsible for her in perpetuity.
“Will I be going back to Ipswich to visit for Christmas, at least?” Not
that she really had a connection with anyone, bar a few of the friendly
servants in his latest house, thanks to the nomadic life they lived due to his
always more important military career. Nor was there any love lost between
her and the man her mother had been forced to marry after she had been left
a penniless widow, but still … Having all her flimsy ties cut with the place
that was currently “home” was beyond daunting.
“You’ll have to take that up with the colonel. My only instructions
were to ensure that you got here in one piece.”
The coachman placed Georgie’s trunk on the pavement beside her with
a sympathetic smile. “I’m sure it’ll all be all right, miss.” His wink did little
to reassure her. “This is Mayfair after all, so how bad could it be?”
No sooner had he tipped his hat than the housekeeper had already
turned back to the hackney, ready to climb inside.
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