The rain had stopped two hours earlier and the roadway had been drying, but it was the advent of sunshine that brought out Tanner’s invitation that he and Lydia continue to his estate on horseback. Lydia looked toward the slumbering Jasmine, and then across the coach, to where Justin sat, his curly brimmed beaver cleverly lowered over his eyes so that it was impossible to tell if he was awake or asleep. “Oh, but we probably shouldn’t leave Jasmine without a chaperone,” she whispered. “Should we?” “On the contrary, my dear,” Justin drawled, pushing back his hat. “You should not be leaving me without a chaperone. Compromise is a weapon that cuts both ways, as many an unwary fellow married to some totally unsuitable miss who somehow managed to get him alone just before her conniving mama sprung into the room with witnesses and triumphantly crying aha will doubtless tell you.” “You’re really incorrigible,” Lydia told him, laughing. “Yes, I know. I also would very much like to be on horseback myself, after so many hours confined to this coach.
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