Blame It on the Duke by Lenora Bell6/22/2023 ![]() “Will you carry Kali outside for some exercise?” Now that Gertrude’s enclosure had been repaired, Kali could go explore. “Oh, it’s you, you rodent of an unusual size.”Īlice paused outside the door of the library. Kali raced down the hallway and rubbed up against March’s ankles. She intended to find out more about what he’d meant as soon as she saw him. No one would pay wages for such insulting behavior. Indignant, Alice was about to make a cutting retort when she remembered what Nick had said last night: They’re not really servants.Īpparently not. Daft girl,” he grumbled as he started down the corridor. Went out with the cap’n last night and never came home.” ![]() Perhaps Nick had summoned a physician to examine Jane. “Because the doctor is waiting for you.” He shook his head. ![]() “You’re to go to the library,” he said without preamble. ![]() Everything is therefore in the power of destiny, who is the lord of gain and loss, of success and defeat, of pleasure and pain.Ī knock sounded on the door, rousing Alice from a fitful sleep that had been interrupted often to help Jane, who’d mumbled about the Yellow House all night in her sleep.Įxpecting Nick, Alice was disappointed to find March waiting outside the door. ![]()
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