Chapter 5
Leander reached up to tug at his collar, but at the last moment he remembered his elaborately tied cravat. Instead, he readjusted his white gloves and tried to relax as the coach rolled toward Cadogan Place. He told himself that Lady Carysfort’s ball was just one more thing that he had to adjust to in his new life.
He still hadn’t become accustomed to thinking of the enormous London house as his on the day that he first met with his man-of-affairs and learned that he also had two country estates. Douglas Marlowe was earnest and eager to please his new employer, and had tried his best to be helpful. That had made it easier for Leander to get past his embarrassment at some of the questions he’d needed to ask.
Marlowe had been quick to provide him with the names of the various sh
