![]() For what is she demanding compensation? Who brought this matter to your attention?” “Between seeing to business at Wolverton Hall and a governess waiting outside your home demanding compensation, there are a great many events missing. Had he thought the duke a child? An infant, more like. “Must I spell it out? She wants things from me.” “Your pardon?” Hugo shook his head in confusion. “In any event,” Clermont said, pointing to the bench outside, “that’s her, now. But no point in insisting on honesty from the man. Hugo translated this mentally: The duke had been drinking himself silly with his useless friends after his wife had flounced off and his father-in-law had tied off the once-generous purse strings. “It happened over the summer, when I was seeing to business at Wolverton Hall.” Any confession that started thus could not end well.Ĭlermont gestured. ![]() “You see,” Clermont muttered, “there was this governess.” She’d turned her head to the side, and Hugo caught a glimpse of profile-snub nose, a smudge of pink for her lips. That woman was still sitting on the bench. Instead, he frowned and looked out the window. ![]()
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