The Steam Baroness: Wealth and Power in the Age of Steam
Victoria Ashworth
Freegulls Publishing House
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The brass gears of the grandfather clock chimed eleven times as Lady Evangeline Hartwell stood before the mahogany desk that had once belonged to her father. The study still smelled of his pipe tobacco and the particular oil he used to maintain his mechanical inventions. Dust motes danced in the amber light filtering through the tall windows, illuminating the chaos of blueprints, prototypes, and half-finished contraptions that filled every corner of the room.
"I'm afraid the debts are quite substantial, my lady," said Mr. Pemberton, the family solicitor, adjusting his spectacles as he reviewed the ledgers spread before him. His voice carried the weight of unwelcome news, though he delivered it with the practiced delicacy of one accustomed to bearing bad tidings to the nobility. "Your father's experiments, while innovative, proved rather expensive. The estate owes nearly thirty thousand pounds to various creditors."
The brass gears of the grandfather clock chimed eleven times as Lady Evangeline Hartwell stood before the mahogany desk that had once belonged to her father. The study still smelled of his pipe tobacco and the particular oil he used to maintain his mechanical inventions. Dust motes danced in the ...
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