Chapter FourGerald came into the sitting room where Olivia was waiting for him.
He was in his riding clothes and appeared to be bursting with good health.
“Good morning, Olivia!” he called out. “You were asleep when I came for breakfast. Did Lenox have a good night?”
“Much better,” Olivia answered, “and the doctor has called and says that he is very pleased with him.”
She had taken it in turns with Higgins to nurse the Earl, but the last ten days had been very difficult.
He had run a very high temperature from his injury and they had to prevent him from throwing himself about on the bed or turning over.
‘It is due to Mama’s herbs,’ Olivia thought, ‘that the wound is healing day by day.’
Bessie had offered to do one shift with them, but she had so much to do in the daytime that Olivi
