A Tall Dark Stranger (1996)
“Lollie was busy about the estate and we couldn’t spare George to accompany me. I was just strolling through the park with my sketch pad and watercolor box trying to decide what to sketch when I heard the clatter of hooves. Looking through the trees to the road, I saw our neighbor, Beau Sommers, was coming to call. Another gentleman was with him.
Five years ago the sight of Beau would have sent my heart racing in delight. At a callow seventeen I could imagine no greater enchantment than a kind word from Beau. His curled lip and air of cynicism had seemed the height of sophistication to me.
Now that I have some small experience of men and the world, I recognize him for what he is. A gazetted flirt, a fribble, a here-and-thereian who gives each new generation of ladies a fling as they put up their hair and let down their skirts.
I had my inoculation at seventeen. He still calls from time to time, when he is in the suds and fears he may need my dowry. I expect when he is about forty he wi...ll marry some youngster for the sake of an heir, but I doubt he will ever provide his lady with a tame husband.MoreLess
Five years ago the sight of Beau would have sent my heart racing in delight. At a callow seventeen I could imagine no greater enchantment than a kind word from Beau. His curled lip and air of cynicism had seemed the height of sophistication to me.
Now that I have some small experience of men and the world, I recognize him for what he is. A gazetted flirt, a fribble, a here-and-thereian who gives each new generation of ladies a fling as they put up their hair and let down their skirts.
I had my inoculation at seventeen. He still calls from time to time, when he is in the suds and fears he may need my dowry. I expect when he is about forty he wi...ll marry some youngster for the sake of an heir, but I doubt he will ever provide his lady with a tame husband.MoreLess
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