Having met Virgil just once, His Grace was completely unprepared for the astounding news that his wayward daughter had fallen in love and accepted a proposal from a man who, as far as he was concerned, barely existed. That the man was an American, albeit one of that country’s richest inhabitants, was bad enough. That he was a commoner, and ex-slave with a lineage which could be traced back precisely one generation and only on one side, made the marriage, as far as the duke was concerned, simply impossible. He was incandescent. When it became clear that Virgil was not actually asking him for his daughter’s hand but telling him that he had already been accepted, consent was refused. When it was pointed out to His Grace by his outspoken daughter that his consent was not required, the duke informed her that she would be cut off without a penny. ‘My dowry was settled on me by my mother. You cannot actually deprive me of it,’ Kate said with satisfaction, having made a point of checking the matter with Giles.
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