It was Camilla who received the message first, and read it; she and Henry had retained this attorney jointly, or rather Henry had retained the man on Camilla's behalf back when the tent village debacle had begun; in any case, it was addressed to both, and warded accordingly. She did so appreciate a good solid warding on these kinds of confidential papers.
The first paragraph made her sigh in happy relief. There was that taken care of. She'd been afraid the bureaucratic side of the whole marriage business couldn't be handled quickly enough to meet the date Henry had set. The next paragraph made her bite her lip. Was their lawyer really suggesting they have a friend of his assassinate Richard? Maybe he just meant his friend could make paperwork disappear if Richard filed any.
The rest of the letter -- well.
Camilla had never actually met Henry's mother, only heard about her secondhand from Bunny. She knew vaguely that Henry's middle name came from his mother's surname, a practice followed by many well-to-do families. Some even gave their sons the mother's maiden name as a first name, hence Camilla's unfortunate uncle Orman. And she'd known Henry's middle name ever since she asked him what the M in his monogram stood for. It was all very commonplace and mundane, or it had been, anyway.
Family was important to Camilla in many ways. She knew it wasn't that way for Henry. She doubted he'd want to make any 'further inquiries', as the attorney had delicately put it. So she didn't rush off to present him with the surprising news. She waited until he came back to their room at the normal time -- his schedule regular as clockwork -- and handed him the letter then.
"Good news and weird news," she said, and pretended not to be watching him out of the corner of her eye as he read.
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Date: 2007-11-06 04:39 am (UTC)The first paragraph made her sigh in happy relief. There was that taken care of. She'd been afraid the bureaucratic side of the whole marriage business couldn't be handled quickly enough to meet the date Henry had set. The next paragraph made her bite her lip. Was their lawyer really suggesting they have a friend of his assassinate Richard? Maybe he just meant his friend could make paperwork disappear if Richard filed any.
The rest of the letter -- well.
Camilla had never actually met Henry's mother, only heard about her secondhand from Bunny. She knew vaguely that Henry's middle name came from his mother's surname, a practice followed by many well-to-do families. Some even gave their sons the mother's maiden name as a first name, hence Camilla's unfortunate uncle Orman. And she'd known Henry's middle name ever since she asked him what the M in his monogram stood for. It was all very commonplace and mundane, or it had been, anyway.
Family was important to Camilla in many ways. She knew it wasn't that way for Henry. She doubted he'd want to make any 'further inquiries', as the attorney had delicately put it. So she didn't rush off to present him with the surprising news. She waited until he came back to their room at the normal time -- his schedule regular as clockwork -- and handed him the letter then.
"Good news and weird news," she said, and pretended not to be watching him out of the corner of her eye as he read.