With This Curse: A Novel Of Victorian Romantic Suspense - Plot & Excerpts
Her blue eyes were bright with determination, her cheeks flushed, and I was not surprised to see an answering flush darken Strack’s cheeks. Without seeming to be aware of it, he smoothed down his moustache with one knuckle, first one side, then the other, all without removing his eyes from the girl. He had risen upon her entrance, and seemed now to be trying to stand up even taller. Poor man—he little guessed how signally he was failing to impress her. But the flash of sympathy I felt for him suddenly made him feel less like an intruder. “Miss Genevieve Rowe, I believe?” he said deferentially. “I had intended to speak to you confidentially. If perhaps we could meet alone after Mrs. Blackwood and I are done—” “I won’t hear of it,” I said sweetly. “Without a chaperone? It would be unseemly. Why not carry out your questioning now?” Strack shifted his weight from one foot to the other and coughed.
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