“Of course,” Nanny was now saying, “Charles and I would have no intention of abandoning you. If you have nowhere else to go, then, of course, you must live with us.”
“I am sure that is something you would not want immediately. I will stay at the Vicarage. At any rate until the Earl appoints a new Vicar.”
“You must talk about it with Charles,” Nanny said. “He understands that you are trying very hard to persuade the Earl to stay here and restore the house and the estate.”
“I am doing my best,” Raina sighed.
It then flashed through her mind that she might tell Nanny what the Contesse had said, but she thought, at this moment, it would be a mistake.
Nanny was obviously concentrating on the General because she loved him and he loved her.
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