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He s Mr Ravenscroft, and his uncle before him"

"I do hope his uncle was a little more cheerful than he is"

"Oh, Mr Ravenscroft wasn't always so ill-te man--"

"Perriwick," Blake roared, "you are perilously close to being tossed out without a reference"

"Mr Ravenscroft!" Caroline said reprovingly "You cannot think to dis--"

"Oh, do not worry, Miss Trent," Perriwick interrupted "He threatens to terminate my employround out

"He says that every day, too," Perriwick said to Caroline, who rewarded hile

"I am not a to him

"I'll justthe teacups back on the tray "The service will be in the green rooet a sip," Caroline murmured as she watched the butler disappear into the hall "He is quite--Oh!"

Without a word, Blake scooped her up into his arrowled, "then you'll get tea Even if I have to follow that damned butler to Bournereeable," she said in a wry voice

"Don't push ing by a very fine thread"

"Oh, I noticed"

Blake stared at her in disbelief "It's a wonder someone hasn't killed you before now" He strode across the hall, Caroline clutching his shoulders, and into the green roon of the tea service

"Perriwick!" Blake bellowed

"Oh, Mr Ravenscroft!" came the butler's dise, twisting her head to look behind her

"Lord only knows," Blake muttered, then yelled, "Where the devil--Oh, there you are, Perriwick"

"You do creep up on a soul," Caroline said with a smile

"It's one of my most useful talents," Perriwick replied fro the tea service to the blue rooht enjoy a view of the ocean"

"Oh, I should like that above all else," Caroline said with obvious delight "Thank you, Perriwick You are ever so thoughtful"