and her ill-behaved dog wrought havoc upon a riding path at Hyde Park, nearly unseating the respectable, Earl of W. ~8~ From within the overly warm, crowded ballroom, the orchestra thrummed the opening strands of a quadrille. Christopher curled his mouth around the flute of champagne dangling from his fingers. He eyed the couples as they completed the intricate steps to the dance around Lord and Lady Cavendish’s ballroom floor. “A single dance should do. A waltz would be even better. Of course if you are feeling very generous then two dances would sufficiently quiet the viscountess.” The Duke of Mallen glared at him from the corner of his eye and then redirected his attention out around the ballroom floor. “If I’m feeling very generous? I’d say in having agreed to aid you, my actions constitute extreme magnanimity.” A servant materialized with a tray of fresh champagne flutes. Mallen deposited his empty glass and retrieved another.
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