"Miss Lin is someone that the Duke knew," Mr. Montgomery said after Rosalind left. "And yet you wanted to keep this as a secret from that man?" he lifted an eyebrow, smirking. "Ah… one of these days, you will realize that me am right! That man is dangerous Pratt, you need to be careful if you want to keep a secret as large as this."
"What did you want me to do, father?" Pratt asked. "I have sworn not to tell anyone about what we saw, and I will do exactly that. Do you think I would have lived this long if I tattle everything to him?"
For some reason, that made Mr. Mongomery laugh. "As long as you know boy. As long you know. The Duke is not someone that you can play games with, but me would not have agreed to you marrying my daughter without the principles that you stood by. Ah… little Alma is doing better because of her. The least that you could do is to shut your mouth and keep it closed until you die."
