A Pair of Rogues (1997)
“But it was not to be. Not long after she had sought her room, the message was carried to her on a salver that another gentleman caller awaited her below. Remembering the man she had met in the park, Christina hastened to freshen her face and went to greet Lord Levington in the drawing room.
There she found him, sitting with Louisa, who had returned from her afternoon outing. Louisa had obviously been entertaining the baron with anecdotes about her charitable societies. As Christina passed throu...gh the door, she heard her sister-in-law inviting him to subscribe to an almshouse for wayward females.
Lord Levington had not answered when, perceiving Christina, he leapt to his feet with a look of unbridled relief. With a pinched face, which was at odds with his smooth deportment, he hastily explained that he had come to inquire whether her misadventure of the previous day had caused her any lingering distress.
Christina made him a curtsy and thanked him prettily again for having come to her assistance.MoreLess
There she found him, sitting with Louisa, who had returned from her afternoon outing. Louisa had obviously been entertaining the baron with anecdotes about her charitable societies. As Christina passed throu...gh the door, she heard her sister-in-law inviting him to subscribe to an almshouse for wayward females.
Lord Levington had not answered when, perceiving Christina, he leapt to his feet with a look of unbridled relief. With a pinched face, which was at odds with his smooth deportment, he hastily explained that he had come to inquire whether her misadventure of the previous day had caused her any lingering distress.
Christina made him a curtsy and thanked him prettily again for having come to her assistance.MoreLess
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