The Lady Knows Best by Susanna Craig EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Susanna Craig
- Language: English
- Genre: Regency Historical Romance
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London, late May 1810
Daphne Burke had not called anyone an eejit for a very long time.
At least, not aloud.
But on the day Eileen escaped her confinement—the basket in which
Daphne’s younger sister, Bellis, had insisted upon carrying the sleek white
cat, like a living fashion accessory, as they strolled down Bond Street—
Daphne’s streak broke.
“Ladies do not hurl insults,” Bell had the nerve to remind her, in a perfect
imitation of the first words spoken to them by their one and only governess.
With a roll of her eyes, Daphne stepped around her sister to follow the cat
into Porter’s Bookshop. “Then I guess it’s settled: I’m no lady.”
Porter’s specialized in the old, rare, and unusual. No gothic novels or
fashionable volumes of sentimental poetry here. It was dimly lit, a little
musty, and on this particular spring morning, empty, despite the crowds of
shoppers on the street. Not even a clerk was in sight.
Just over the threshold, Daphne paused to draw a calming breath, the
scents of paper and ink and leather far better at restoring her spirits than
anything bottled in a lady’s vinaigrette. In exchange for a few moments’
peace and quiet, she almost didn’t mind going on a wild goose—er, cat—
chase.
“Eileen?”
The stacks and shelves of books absorbed her whisper. She strained to
pick up any familiar sound: claws against a wooden table leg, the crinkle of
paper beneath a paw, a delicate feline sneeze.
Silence.
The cat could be anywhere.
“Here, puss-puss-puss.”
Nothing.
Peering into every shadowed corner, Daphne made her way deeper and
deeper into the bookshop. Nearly at the back, she spotted Eileen’s long
white tail as it whisked through the crack of an open door. A storeroom,
perhaps, or an office. Daphne sent a glance over her shoulder, but still no
sign of a clerk.
The door opened wider at the slightest pressure of her hand. Her view,
however, was obstructed by another tall, overstuffed bookshelf. Hearing
voices, she paused and peered into the narrow gap above a row of books.
The room beyond was larger and brighter than Daphne had expected,
with a tall though grimy window beside the shop’s back door. A desk,
strewn with papers and ledgers, was tucked into the corner near the
window, and on the floor next to it were more books, stacked even more
haphazardly than in the shop, if such a thing were possible.
An oval table filled the center of the room. Around it sat several women,
most of them quite young, none of whom Daphne recognized.
All of them started when Eileen jumped onto the center of the worn oak
table.
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