Chapter 427: The Preference of Five Suitors
Lyria's POV
Pippa entered bearing the message that Duke Thorncrest was agreeable to the plan.
She said he would bring provisions, should I have need of them, and that I was not to hesitate in applying to him, for he considered himself entirely at my disposal.
I nodded, grateful for his willingness. It seemed, in truth, a rather small thing to feel grateful for — provisions, offers of aid — and yet, after the day I had endured, every small kindness felt a thing worth holding onto, as though it were some precious stone I might keep close within my pocket.
A few minutes later, Debbie returned. She did not even trouble herself to feign the limp, and I marked this with no small degree of amusement. She informed me that Earl Hawthorne had given a similar reply — should there be anything further required of him, I was not to hesitate in reaching out.
