CHAPTER THREEThe Earl was a very methodical man and when he was planning a campaign it had been almost a joke in the Regiment because he was so punctilious about organisation and logistics.
“Brook never loses sight of his objective,” one of his Generals had once said, “and the idea of failure or defeat never enters his mind.”
Because it had come to him almost like a voice from Heaven once the Earl realised that Purilla could save him from Lady Louise, he settled down to plan out every small detail.
What was really important was that the Duke and Duchess of Torrington and, of course, their daughter should have no idea that his reason for entering the Estate of Holy Matrimony was to escape from them.
There had been nothing said, he thought, recalling his conversation with the Duchess, wh
