Chapter SevenWaiting downstairs, Olivia was feeling very nervous.
Yesterday she had been thankful when the Earl had sent a message to say that he was not well enough to get up as he had hoped.
He had said that he would let her know the following morning.
She therefore spent the day doing what she thought she should have done before – going to visit the pensioners.
It was a joy beyond words to find how happy they were.
They were thrilled with their repaired cottages and the money they had to spend. Most of them had bought or made some new article of clothing.
They not only looked smarter but their faces had filled out and there were not so many lines beneath their eyes as there had been.
Gerald did not appear all day and Tony was, of course, riding.
“If the Earl is getting up,” he s
