The Lady Mercy Danforthe Flirts With Scandal - Plot & Excerpts
Luckily for him, his partner was too dizzy, even before the dance began, to realize he steered her the wrong way most of the time. But he was trying. He had taken lessons in dancing. That he should bother was a surprise to Mercy, for he counted himself above all this. He might have mocked her for being proud and conceited, but he was no less discriminatory in his own way, scorning certain activities he considered beneath his trouble. Busy trying to convince her that he was Humble Farmer Rafe, he failed to recognize his own snobbery. Lady Ursula had suggested she take Rafe’s “improvement” on as another of her missions. “The boy plainly needs a knowledgeable eye cast over his clothing choices and his grooming,” she had said. “We might at least see that he does not embarrass us on sight, even if the image is destroyed the moment he opens his mouth.” Mercy had agreed with a chuckle. “I always think it a great pity men have to open their mouths at all. It would be much easier on us if they remained silent.”
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