Venetia (Regency Romances #17)

SEVENTEEN

Edward had come to London with a double purpose.

He wished to consult a physician recommended to him by their good Huntspill – not that he believed there was any cause for alarm, but he could not deny that his cough still hung about him, which set his mother sadly on the fidgets; and so, upon Huntspill’s saying, in his testy way, that if she fancied there might be more amiss than he could discover she had best call in a physician from York, he had taken the resolve to consult a London physician instead.

‘And I fancy, my dear Venetia, I have no need to tell you why I preferred to do so, or what was my other purpose in visiting the metropolis!’ he said archly.