CHAPTER FOURAnthea did her level best to avoid Linette seeing her cry – she did not want her to feel guilty or awkward.
‘Besides, she is just a girl and I am supposed to be looking after her – she is not here to be my comforter!’
The carriage had a very luxurious interior, the seats were well sprung and covered in cashmere blankets while the backs were leather and buttoned.
Although her father’s best carriage was considered expensive, the Earl’s put his into the shade.
Anthea snuggled up beneath the blankets and tried to close her eyes.
‘Why is it I feel as if my heart is being torn from my chest?’ she wondered. ‘Can leaving Papa really be such a wrench after how little concern he has shown me of late? I find it hard to forgive him for keeping me in the dark over his marriage and fo
