The maid left, and Evie stayed in the bath until the heat began to dissipate. “Shall I come back with a warming pan to take the chill from the bed, milady?” The long-handled covered pan was filled with live coals and run between the sheets just before bedtime. “More hot water, milady?” she asked.Ĭarefully the maid poured the steaming water at the end near Evie’s feet, and Evie sank deeper into the bath. Since she was shielded from view by a standing fabric screen, Evie leaned back and peek around the screen’s wooden frame.Ī housemaid was hefting a dripping metal can with rags tied at the handles. She heard a tap at the door, and the sound of someone entering the room.
The seats on the sleigh had been hard and lumpy, and her feet had been cold. Sleigh rides, she reflected, were one of those activities that always sounded better in theory than they turned out to be in reality. Vincent 😉Ī Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas ** Oct 14, 2008**īack in the comfort of her guest room at Stony Cross Manor, Evie bathed in a small portable tub by the hearth, sighing in relief at the feel of the hot water against her stiff, aching limbs. Īnd now for some what you have been waiting for – the devil himself – Sebastian Lord St. In spite of the comfort of familiar friends, Evie is lonely and longing for her wicked husband. Vincent, while he has gone to visit his ailing father. All the original wallflowers appear in the novel, and at Sybil’s request I’m sharing a clip of a scene between Evie and SebastianĮvie has been separated from the notorious Lord St. A Wallflower Christmas is the story of Rafe Bowman, an American businessman who comes to London to marry an English bride.
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