The Jacq of Spades-15

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Roy threatened Julius? “Oh, to be present at that meeting …!” Tony chuckled, wincing at the end, and the maid giggled. Even Pearson had trouble keeping himself from a small smile, which felt most gratifying. After breakfast and the morning meeting (which Tony did attend), I finished my kitchen inventory with the maids and sat with Amelia in the parlor as she mended my torn dress. I pretended to do needlework, but in truth, I pondered the situation at hand. The letter was likely from Mrs. Eleanora Bryce. I wondered what calamity had struck for Eleanora to contact me in such a disjointed manner. Could this man who followed me and Stephen have frightened her? I should have warned Eleanora when the man in brown began following me. I didn’t think she was in much danger with her son there; H

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