"MARY! I DO NOT WISH YOU TO MARRY A RAKE OR A GAMBLER, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY FALL IN LOVE, YOU WILL NOT BE THINKING ABOUT THE WORTHINESS OF YOUR LOVER!" Lovely Mary Wyndham had just about given up the notion of true love when she met Sir Ingram. That she failed to see this was due in part to Teres...
‘Look, two pounds, six shillings and threepence - and don’t let’s forget the halfpenny, that will make a tremendous difference!’ ‘You need a husband,’ her sister Fanny, Lady Cunningham, said briskly. ‘You had your chances during your Season.’ Julia shuddered. ‘Only desperate old men wanting a nur...
There she set herself the task of planning how she could further Harry’s suit with Elizabeth. He would never offer for her, she knew. He regarded her still as the often irritating small cousin who had plagued him when they were children, demanding to be included in his adventures. But he had ofte...
It was the round, unformed calligraphy of a schoolgirl, and Olivia had crossed the lines so much she had difficulty reading it. Besides, she was finding it hard to concentrate after Nicholas’s abrupt departure the previous day. He had suddenly become cold, when he had seen the baby. Did the notio...
Yasmin had spent the day with Maria as planned, but apart from a brief glimpse of Sir Edward in the morning she had not seen him, and he had scarcely spoken to her. He seemed preoccupied, and after a few words of greeting made an excuse and went away. The following day they had travelled up to Lo...
‘I’m leaving at once, I’ll ride and will spend the night somewhere on the road,’ he said. ‘You can catch the stage with my luggage tomorrow morning. Take it to Sir Daniel Scott’s house.’ He changed into breeches and a caped riding coat. Having ruined the first two cravats he tried to tie he gave ...