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Lady Douglas frowned. “Then it was my husband you met on the road?”
He nodded. “Yes, My Lady. He had been delayed by the weather but was coming as quickly as he could. He will be here within the hour.”
Douglas crossed her arms over her chest and furrowed her brow. “I see. Is that all?”
“Yes, My Lady. The others hadn’t found the end of the trail when I left them. Whatever it was that made those tracks had wandered a great deal around the woods.”
She looked him up and down. “Then see to yourself and take a hearty meal. You would only catch cold by going back out into the storm.”
He bowed his head and moved to duck out of sight, but he paused. “My Lady?”
She lifted an eyebrow. “What is it?”
The man fidgeted with the rim of his hat. “The others and I have found somethin
