The flash of his smile was so oddly like Ethan’s that Garrett felt a sharp pang in her chest. Tugging a handkerchief from inside his coat, he came forward to give it to her. Mortified for him to have seen her crying, Garrett wiped her cheeks and eyes, and blew her nose. “How much did you hear?” “Most of it. Sound carries all through this library.” “Do you think Havelock was right?” “About which part?” “That I should make Mr. Ransom comfortable during his last few minutes on earth instead of torturing him with surgery?” “No, you’ve already managed to ruin a moving deathbed scene. I couldn’t
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