The Duchess and the Desperado [antikvár]

Chapter OneMalvem Hall, Herefordshire, England, 18726 4T1 wish you wouldn't go," Sarah heard her sister, Kathryn, mutter as she watched Sarah selecting dresses from her wardrobe and directing the maids in their packing.Sarah Challoner, Duchess of Malvem, looked over her shoulder at Kathryn and was touched. She thought her younger sibling looked wistful. She smiled. "Going to miss me, are you, Kat?"Kathryn made a moue of disgust. "Don't call me that. Thierry says it isn't dignified." She mmed and gazed out the window that looked over the Malvem Hills in all their glory. "And yes, I am going to miss you. It sounds as if you'll be gone forever.""I cannot call you Kat anymore?" Sarah said in mock dismay, straggling to hide her amusement. "But you have been my little sister Kat since you were bom! Ah yes, Tilly, I believe I will take the blue foulard," she said, pointing at a gown the maid held out for consideration."But not any longer, if you please," said Kat with stiff