Word: frederickã
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...smiling to himself as he sharpened a scythe. “Ah,” he said. “That must have fallen from your husband’s pocket as he was getting dressed this morning.”Felicity’s head reeled. She threw Frederick??s monocle to the ground and stumbled to her feet. Then she looked back to the monocle, which winked playfully up at her. “You mean”—the words stuck in her throat.“But didn?...
...Alone there with The Stable Boy, Frederick??s sarcasm gave way at once to fearful anticipation. This was the man who had appeared to him in Felicity’s bedroom. Surely there could have been nothing of great importance in that fleeting vision. He tried to calm himself as he spoke...
...This would be the decisive moment. It had to be. And was not Frederick the master of his own estate? Was not The Stable Boy, in fact, his possession? As Frederick??s mind ran right up to the precipice, he felt for the first time in his life that he was speaking clearly...
...Frederick breathed in the barn’s hot air and felt the blood quicken in his veins. The Stable Boy took a single step in Frederick??s direction, and by this gesture Frederick knew that the two men understood one another...
...Frederick??s voice could be heard through the slats of the barn wall. “You shall be rewarded handsomely for this,” he gasped...