Alex reeled and Chloë had to exert all her strength to keep him upright. A glance behind showed that Danny and Freddy were having similar problems with each other. Mr Deveril’s balance returned and he gazed abstractedly at the sky. ‘Then if thou’lt have me love a lass, let it be one that’s kind E...
Faintly surprised by this reception, Philip hugged her whilst trying to peer down into her face. ‘Rose? Whatever’s the matter? Anyone would think I’d been away for a year on active service.’ The dark head moved in a gesture of negation. ‘It’s just that I didn’t expect you,’ she explained in muffl...
A lesser man might have allowed this, combined with the catalogue of misdemeanours that greeted him in Queen’s Square, to dismay him; the Duke, having expected both, was able to accept them philosophically and with no diminution of his customary sang-froid. He merely smiled languidly upon the hea...