The Widow by Carole Mortimer EPUB & PDF – Details About
- Author: Carole Mortimer
- Genre: Gothic Fiction, Gothic Romance
- Publish Date: November 30, 2022
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Crawtock, Cornwall
Early Summer, 1816
“Will you stop dawdling and hurry along? I do not have all day to waste
waiting for you.”
Sterling Bishop, the Duke of Bristol, rarely, if ever, took note of what was
occurring in other people’s lives. The omission wasn’t out of arrogance, but
because he did not consider it any of his concern how other people chose to
conduct themselves or their affairs.
He would rather not concern himself with it today either, after days of
traveling from London to one of his smaller ducal estates in this wild and
craggy part of England.
Unfortunately, it was impossible not to overhear the loud and querulous
voice of the man currently just out of Sterling’s view around the next turn in
the road in the small market town of Crawtock in Cornwall.
Sterling’s ducal estate was situated a mere mile or so away, and it had
been his intention to make his way straight to the house and immediately
indulge in a bath to wash away the dust and accumulated discomfort from his
long journey. He’d bathed at the inns he and his valet stopped at along the
way, of course, but it was not the same as bathing in the privacy of his own
home.
He had no doubt Rogers, his valet, having traveled ahead earlier this
morning in the coach containing Sterling’s clothes and other accessories,
would already have organized the household so that it catered fully to
Sterling’s needs when he arrived later that day.
Unfortunately, Sterling’s steed, Rufus, had lost a shoe a quarter of a mile
away, forcing Sterling to walk with him into Crawtock, and then linger here
awhile longer as the local blacksmith replaced the missing shoe.
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