"Set the Table," the Duke Said — His New Housemaid Knew Which Silver Spoon Was Missing

A breakfast service is laid for twelve, but one silver teaspoon is missing. Marian Fenwick notices the empty place on the tray before the Duke does. To his household she is Mary Hale, a new housemaid in a borrowed apron. To the gentleman arriving for luncheon, she is someone who ought to have stayed where she was told. Marian wants honest work, independent advice and a chance to read her late father's wishes for herself. The Duke of Avenhurst has an unsigned guarantee on his desk and a guest who would prefer confidence to questions. As letters pass between the country house and London, an unexpected friendship makes silence harder to accept. What will Marian risk to speak under her own name? A complete, clean Regency romance about a hidden heiress, a duke learning to listen, and the difference between offering help and deciding another person's life. Would you have spoken about the missing teaspoon on your first morning? Share your thoughts below. A complete Regency romance audio story · 51 minutes · Narrated by Rosalind Hale (AI voice) 00:00 A Place for Twelve 03:19 A Question of Shelter 07:23 Her Own Name 11:17 The Luncheon Request 15:07 An Uneven Cloth 19:15 The Complete Papers 22:48 The Brown Wrapper 26:59 Two Columns 30:53 A Convenient Silence 35:08 The Sealed Reply 39:28 The Birthday Guests 45:45 An Unhurried Question 49:06 The Folded Apron This is original fiction: every person in it is invented and a grown adult. "Rosalind Hale" is the channel's narrator name; the narration voice is AI-generated (Gemini TTS) and the illustrations are AI-generated.