His black curls were in exquisite disarray, his comments arrogant to a fault, and his manners barely hid a seething fury. One can’t start too early making the little darlings interested in horseflesh.” Garret Langham, the Earl of Mayne, raised his glass toward his host. It wasn’t as if he’d asked to have a passel of youngsters on the premises.“Rocking horses?” came a drawling voice from a deep chair to the right of the fireplace. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Brinkley’s tone signaled the disgruntlement of the entire household of elderly servants, not one of whom was enchanted by the idea of accommodating themselves to the presence of four small, female children. There was a reserved tone in his butler’s voice that signaled displeasure. He had been poking a fire smoldering in the cavernous fireplace of his study. Raphael Jourdain, Duke of Holbrook, turned. As yet, there is no sign of the children.” I have placed them in the nursery for your inspection. “I am happy to announce that the rocking horses have been delivered, Your Grace. September 1816 Holbrook Court, seat of the Duke of Holbrook
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