Never A Mistress, No Longer A Maid - Plot & Excerpts
said Madeleine, as she showed Ned her sketchbook, leaning unnecessarily close to him to do so. They were in the back garden, well within view of her mama and sisters, but Ned still wished the chit would move just a bit further away. He hadn’t wanted to look at the sketches in the first place, but Miss Merriman had made such a fuss when he’d returned to the house after his walk that he’d looked for the first diversion he could find. Unfortunately, it was turning out to be a most boring one. She turned the page. “And this is the sketch I did of the view from the folly at dusk.” “Yes, I can see the nuances,” said Ned, although he could see no such thing. The drawing looked just as bland as the last one, but it seemed like a believable compliment. Of course, he wasn’t sure why he was trying to sound realistic since he suspected Madeleine Merriman believed all compliments, no matter how farfetched. “Lord Edward, you really should accompany me to the folly some time. You’d find the view quite spectacular, particularly at dusk,”
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