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“For the two of them?” Laura knit her brow and turned to Diana.
Diana’s voice was hushed. “Apparently, there shall be a large group now.”
“Really?”
Diana rolled her eyes. “The poker men. Of all people to invite to dine with Edward after so much time.”
“The poker men?”
“You’re perhaps the only staff member that isn’t acquainted with Norman’s secret obsession. Apparently, he’s something of a card shark.”
“I can’t imagine.” Norman didn’t strike her as the type. The Duke of Bancroft always seemed to keep to himself.
“He manages to keep it a secret well enough. If you ask me, I think he sits in that library and reads merely to pass the time before he can gamble.”
Laura was in shock by this new bit of information. Norman Pembroke, a gambler? He kept it out of sight? It was becoming apparent that there were things below the surface at Sage Brook that she was entirely unaware of.
Going to her room to freshen herself up before dinner, thoughts of Edward filled her mind. Laura concluded that for the sake of not losing her mind entirely, she’d return her thoughts to the evening ahead, her dreams of being a governess, and her anticipation of picking up a book that night and reading by candlelight.
Looking in the mirror, she could see that the flush on her cheek had not abated. Laura wished that she had some powder to amend it, but sadly, her emotions would need to be written all over her face.
