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Chapter 17
Nathan and Susan freshened up after their lunch and they were going out on their way to meet Lord Billington when Bertie, the landlord appeared full of apologies.
“I am afraid that I misled you both about His Lordship. He still has two of his younger daughters living with him at Bradburt Manor. And he also has a younger son called Lancelot. He has been trying for years to get the son as a male heir to carry on his name but it seems that the Lordship’s son is not at all interested in the matter and now it might seem that he has lost his enthusiasm for the idea. And I fear that I also misled you about the Lordships’s third daughter,” said Bertie.
“In what way, exactly?” asked Susan. Even though this should not have been up for discussion but it seemed really odd to hear that.
“She did not walk out with her elder sisters. They think that s
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