![]() ![]() I'd disguised my lip with rouge, my cheek with powder, and fixed my elbow so that it rested on the arm of the chair, thereby lifting my shoulder to a normal position. Rose was so poor at dressing my hair, I had her brush it out so it fell over my shoulders. As soon as I was well enough to receive a visitor, he was at the door, eager to get at my husband's books to see what chance he had of being repaid the money he was fool enough to loan his brother. ![]() Since my husband's murder, he has taken to strolling around this property as if he owned it, addressing me in solicitous tones, as if I were addled and must have every word repeated. He is the youngest of three brothers and the richest of all. He's an arrogant man, boorish and supercilious, like my husband, only worse because he has been successful. I have never liked my husband's brother, Charles Gaudet. ![]()
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