Chapter 19: WarrickLady Eugenia offered to have me stay at Fortescue Manor, but without Thomas there, there was no point.
And at any rate, I wanted…needed to be home.
Because Father had had no need for his and John’s horses while he lived in Town, especially after John died, he’d sought permission from Lady Eugenia to stable the horses at Greenbriers.
The first thing I did was have the Greenbriers’ groom saddle up John’s horse, a leggy bay gelding he’d named d**k Whittington—Monte had been long gone by the time I returned home from Canada. Later, I’d have the horses transferred back to our stables and hire Alfie Butterick back as head groom.
Even prepared as I had been by Lady Eugenia, I was still appalled by the extent of the wreckage, which was as thorough as it was inconceivable.
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