![]() ![]() And then there were the two carriages bowling along behind her own, the first conveying Mr. It blared upon the eye like a clarion call might upon the ear. A brawny footman was seated beside a burly coachman up on the box, both men clad in the ducal livery, which was not subdued in color, to say the least of it. She was seated inside the carriage of the Duke of Netherby, her brother, the ducal crest emblazoned upon both doors, with Ruth, her maid. When one had the misfortune to be a woman, however, there were always enough eyelids to bat up a storm. If she been born male, she could have left Rose Cottage in Gloucestershire this morning astride a horse or perched upon the high seat of a sporting curricle, ribbons in hand, and no one would have batted an eyelid. Lady Jessica Archer was traveling alone across England toward London. ![]()
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