Three Rules to Wed a Duke (THE UNWANTED DEBUTANTS #1) by Patricia Haverton EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Patricia Haverton
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- Genre: Historical Romance
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So, not much has changed about the house after all this time, Frances
thought as she waved goodbye to her friends in the carriage and
looked up at her uncle’s modest townhome. She looked around
briefly to see if anyone was coming out to collect her trunk and her bag, but
there was no sign that anyone even knew she’d arrived.
With a resigned exhale, Frances stopped down and picked up one handle of
the trunk from where the driver had deposited it outside the closed gate. She
dragged it closer and rang the bell, then waited for someone to come to the
front. At long last, a man in a leather apron came around from the back of
the house, carrying a pail and some shears.
“May I help ya, miss?” he asked curiously.
“I do hope so,” Frances replied with a smile. “I live here with my aunt and
uncle?”
The man squinted at her for a few seconds before a bright grin lit up his
face.
“Is it really you, Miss Turner? Look-a here, how’re ya all grown up after all
this time?” he asked, stepping back to admire her.
“It’s been a number of years. But you’re looking well, Mr. Jeffers,” she told
the gardener. “And Mrs. Jeffers? Is she well?”
The old man’s smile faltered and he looked away briefly. He coughed and
shook his head before turning his attention back to Frances.
“I’m afraid Mrs. Jeffers is no longer with us. Caught a terrible cough last
winter that settled in her chest. Never did get better, and it weren’t long
before—”
“Oh, Mr. Jeffers. How clumsy of me! I’m so very sorry to hear it,” Frances
said in earnest, seething at the notion that no one had written to tell her.
How could they not have informed her of the passing of someone who’d
been with the family for such a long time? Did they truly think she had no
need of hearing about it?
“Well, it’s all behind us now,” the gardener said, brightening once more.
“Here, let me put these things down and I’ll get that trunk for ya.”
“Oh no, it’s no trouble. I can manage it! Well, perhaps if you could get one
handle, I’ll take the other side.”
Together, Frances and Mr. Jeffers hoisted all of her worldly belongings to
the front door. Instead of pushing it open, he lowered his end of her trunk to
the ground and stepped back, hanging his head slightly.
“Her Ladyship is rather particular about who comes and goes through the
front, ya know,” he said sheepishly, going back down the steps. “Mr.
Robbins will help ya from here.”
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