Chapter 246: The Valet
Baron Redwick could not quite believe what was happening.
The boy—Tommy, the Duke had called him—was looking at him with polite expectation, waiting for an answer to his question. There was no fear in his bearing, no deference beyond the formal address he had employed. He spoke to a Baron as though it were the most natural thing in the world.
And why was he staring directly at him? It was known that no commoner was to gaze directly upon a noble, yet Tommy did so, and the Baron allowed it because the Duke was standing right beside him.
And though his words had been polite, as he had noted previously, this was not the expected behaviour of a valet.
He adjusted his spectacles, studying the boy more closely. His clothes were neat but not ostentatious. His posture was correct but not rigid. He carried himself with confidence. One look at him and one would not actually believe he was under the employment of the Duke.
