‘After three months, I think I have grasped the concept, Perry. What concerns me more is that you are getting too forward for our own good. If there is a female in that carriage tonight and you attempt to flirt with her, I will shoot you myself.’ Perry grinned. ‘Nonsense. I have a reputation to maintain.’ ‘You are an idiot,’ his loving sister retorted. ‘Let me remind you, what this is about. We stop the coach, we take the valuables from the people inside and we leave as quickly as possible. We do not linger so you can press your lips to some scatterbrain’s hand while she pretends to swoon away!’ Her brother did not appear in the least bit repentant. ‘Harmless fun. They like having their hands kissed by a wicked highwayman. It gives them something to talk about in the drawing rooms the next day.’ ‘Perhaps. But we do not have too many opportunities left to us. Another week or two and the coaches traveling this road will come complete with outriders and armed occupants.’ She glanced around her and frowned.
