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Chapter Twenty-One
"You have a marvelous mansion, Lord Tennyson, " one of the ladies smiled at his father. "Very sad Lady Charlotte could not be joining us during these past few days, they've been most entertaining."
"I apologize on her behalf she couldn't be here. "
"Why? Is the lady well?" someone else asked.
"She's better now, Lady Anna. Thank you. I believe it was the seasonal indisposition ladies sometimes suffer from when autumn approaches "
"How inconvenient." The lady put her hand over her chest "Very unpleasant. Please, send her my regards, I am looking forward to seeing her next time."
"I will let her know you asked after her, very kind of you. She would've loved to see you. Although my beloved wife has never been much fond of hunting, she would've enjoyed the rest of the activities."
Callum glanced at the servant and the man refilled his glass. He looked back at his plate and stabbed the bigger piece of meat in it
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Gentleman Code Chapter Twenty Two
The guests finished their meals shortly after and it was time for them to retreat.Callum passed by the tray where the staff kept the decanters and filled his glass with brandy.He went out into the hallway just as Liam was coming out from one of the rooms. His brother eyed the glass."Are you all right?"Callum nodded "Perfectly fine.""Last time Edward said that he disappeared for days.""Well, I'm still here." He headed for the stairs and Liam caught up with him."I spoke to Henriette."Callum looked around but didn't hear anything or see anyone. That of course didn't always mean no one was around, but he still went on."And? What did she say?"He sat down on the stairs.Liam looked stunned."You want to talk here? We can't just sit on the stairs.""Why not?""What if someone passes by and sees us?""Then tell them I fell."Liam shook his head and sat down next to
Gentleman Code Chapter Twenty Three
Oliver went through the pages of the book quickly, then put it back. He pulled the next one on the shelf. Nothing. He put it back in its place and opted for a third one when he heard someone coming in. There was a short young man with mousy hair, carrying a pile of documents standing at the entrance. "Uh... pardon me, I was looking for Lord Tennyson." "Hello." " I was told by the staff he'd be here. This is his study, or am I wrong?" "No, you're at the right place. He just went out." Oliver put the book back and wiped his hands in his pants. He gestured at the shelf. "The Lord asked me to deliver something to him." "From the library?" "I...” The man was standing there, expectant and Oliver said. “All right, you caught me." He lifted his hands in surrender. "I was checking the books. He has an amazing collection." The man's eyes searched the spines of the books "Oh, yes. Yes, he does indee
Gentleman Code Chapter Twenty Four
As soon as they they were out, Callum relaxed heavily on Oliver. “I will...I will most probably need help not only undressing. “ Oliver took his arm and draped it over his shoulders. “What happened? Lean on me. “ The Lord did and Oliver felt his body sag against his. The next thing that he felt was the strong copper smell and he clenched his jaw. He had been right, then. “Do you think you can take the stairs. “ Oliver looked at him and from that close he saw Callum’s hair was wet in the roots. His pale lips were pressed hard together, but he said. “Yes, I think I can. “ “We need to call the doctor, Cal. “ He felt the Lord suddenly stiffen and it looked like he’d gathered all his strength left when he growled. “Don’t you dare. “ “We have to. ” “No. “ Callum cut short and clenched his hand around Oliver. “I don’t know how bad it is.” “It’s not. No
Gentleman Code Chapter Twenty- Five
“You can’t kill the stone by gazing at it. “Oliver turned, although he’d recognized the voice and her steps even before seeing her. Della sat down next to him.“I could try. ““Is the master all right?” she said serious.He was just about to say “Yes, “ or something that was supposed to be said in that moment, but he just admitted.“I really don’t know. “Della put her hands in her lap and said “ I think he doesn’t either. “Oliver laughed “It seems he does, it’s just bad for him. ““No, I don’t mean that. ““Then what?”She looked ahead.They were sitting at the small lake of the manor. The one in which Callum had been swimming and Oliver had jumped after him without even thinking.He had started coming here in the past few days when he wanted to just stay
Gentleman Code Chapter Twenty Six
It was so quiet, he could hear the clock's hands moving, the only thing breaking the complete silence. Oliver was in his nightshirt, reading the book he'd taken from Tennyson's study. He'd never read Dickens before, but he was sure that wasn't the real reason why he couldn't really follow the narrative, the words and letters in front of him were only black spots on the white paper, making no sense whatsoever , as his mind kept drifting to what had happened earlier today. That, and the fact he hadn’t seen Callum in a while was making things everything but make sense. The only person that had come talk to him that day was Della. Neither Adellia, or Jenny and Percy had inquired after the night Callum had gotten home and Oliver decided they’d probably assumed he had just been drunk. Oliver was beginning to hate the fact how everyone dismissed everything that happened to the Lord because of his habit. It was soo
Gentleman Code Chapter Twenty Seven
It had been raining the whole day yesterday, but it had stopped earlier today and Oliver decided to take advantage of the relatively good weather.He occasionally helped inside, especially during the past few days, but he knew he needed actual physical work.It was bearable the first days, staying inside- but as time passed, he knew he'll need to move around more.In the army, they'd been on foot for days. After the army- even worse.Sitting in one place could only work for that long. H ealso didn’t know he couldn’t stop thinking about what had happened that night.Oliver had changed into an old shirt and a coat, with the idea of finding something to do in the mansion's yard.He found Percy grooming one of the big black mares in the stables."You need help with that?" Oliver pointed to the next horse, approaching the young man."Nay, there aint much to be done. " Percy smiled a toothy grin. "But you can keep m
Gentleman Code Chapter Twenty Eight
"I found a spider. " Jenny announced and sat heavily on the chair, pulling it closer to the dinner table. "There are spiders the size of cats in here!""If you cleaned better, we wouldn't have them, " Percy said and she tore a piece from the bread near her and threw it at him.He caught it and ate it."Hey, that was mine, " Della complained, and Adelia scolded them "No shouting, eat your meals, come on."Oliver gave Della some of his and she smiled briefly before muttering a "thank you “.They were just finishing with their dinner when Thomas appeared and told Oliver he needed to be upstairs. The butler never ate with them, which was both to their relief and annoyance, as the man mostly thought of himself highly enough not to share his meal time with the rest of the servants.Oliver gave the ot
Gentleman Code Chapter Twenty Nine
"Then suddenly, this chap jumps out of nowhere and hits me." "You? But why you?" "Beats me, I think they mistook Callum for a girl back then and didn't want to hit a lady." "They did not," Callum muttered grumpily. The three of them laughed and Oliver poured more gin for each. There were different glasses, scattered all over the table and he wasn't sure which was whose anymore. After they’d told everyone in the manor they were going on a short visit in the countryside, they had left for Kent the same day at noon and Xiao was waiting for them there in a small inn in the evening. "It tastes awful, almost worse than the food," Xiao said, tasting the alcohol. The food they'd brought them was, indeed, quite bad but neither of them had voiced any protest. Oliver had long ago learned not to be picky about his meals. It literally never mattered what he had, as long as it was food and he could have
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