Chapters
1. A Funeral at Hembry
2. The Daily Observer
3. Downstairs at Hembry Castle
4. Upstairs at Hembry Castle
5. The 9th Earl of Staton
6. The American Girl
7. The Ways of Hembry Castle
8. Paying Calls
9. Shorthand
10. Miss Chattaway
11. Staton House
12. Dinner at Hembry Castle
13. Horrocks
14. Ready for the Queen
15. The Kiss
16. The Unhappy Earl
17. Christmas at Hembry Castle
18. A Servant’s Christmas
19. The Presentation, or A Grandmother's Dream
20. Downstairs at Staton House
21. The Ball
22. An Unwelcome Surprise
23. A Farewell
24. Lady Daphne Meriwether
25. A Previous Engagement
26. Meanwhile, Downstairs at Hembry Castle
27. In the Paradise
28. The Intruder
29. A Plan is Hatched
30. The Missing Child
31. The End
32. Author’s Notes
33. About the Author
34. Also by Meredith Allard
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The 9th Earl of Staton
The 9th Earl of Staton
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ater that night, Richard, Earl of Staton, sat in his dark-paneled smoking room puffing on his fourth or fifth cigar of the day—he lost track of how many. Alone, puffing out the surly smoke, refilling his glass from the near-empty brandy bo...
