[ He lets out a little gasp, splaying his hand over his chest. ] You wound me, your ladyship.
[ He is such a brat. But he’s aware that his sarcasm will do little to sway her, and he moves to tie off one end of the rope to a nearby chimney pipe, and carefully eases himself down, repelling into the room below. Emily hasn’t brought up how he managed to jump off the roof without shattering his ankles, and he’d rather not remind her of that by doing it again, so the mundane way it is.
If his information is correct, and it usually is, the owner of the manor should be away on holiday with his lady of the moment, which means there will only be minimal housing staff to dodge.
He leaves the rope dangling for his companion- “companion”, rather- and starts rifling through the drawers of a desk on the far side of the room. ]
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[ He is such a brat. But he’s aware that his sarcasm will do little to sway her, and he moves to tie off one end of the rope to a nearby chimney pipe, and carefully eases himself down, repelling into the room below. Emily hasn’t brought up how he managed to jump off the roof without shattering his ankles, and he’d rather not remind her of that by doing it again, so the mundane way it is.
If his information is correct, and it usually is, the owner of the manor should be away on holiday with his lady of the moment, which means there will only be minimal housing staff to dodge.
He leaves the rope dangling for his companion- “companion”, rather- and starts rifling through the drawers of a desk on the far side of the room. ]