She really seemed to hate that Carrington. Great! Perhaps it would turn into a family feud between two of the wealthiest families in Whitby. His readers would love that. Perhaps he could find a way to drag the McPadraics in. But Gareth didn't say anything of course. He just smiled politely at the snide remark.

"Goodness," he said when she explained what was wrong with her hand. "What happened to it? If I am not to bold to ask, of course." He knew he had to be careful. Though Gareth was of modest origins, he had gone to a good school, and he knew all the fine manners of 'polite society'. Though writing for the newspaper was definitely not what his parents had intended for him with that, it had served him well in that job.