A Virgin Bride
A Virgin Bride
““What do you – mean?”
There was a little hesitation before she replied, “I am not sure if I ought to tell you – ”
“But you must tell me, Aunt Alice. Papa is insistent that I marry the Duke and I realise that something strange must have happened to him. Otherwise he would not marry someone he has never seen, even my Papa’s daughter!”
“It is the most extraordinary thing I ever heard. At the same time, my dearest child, you are sensible enough to realise that your father would be delig...hted to have such a distinguished son-in-law.”
“I know, but no one ever thinks about me. After all, I have to marry him, not Papa. And what about him?”
“I have always admired your intelligence. Indeed I am quite certain, from what you told me in your last letter about the extra lessons you were having in Paris, that you are by now extremely well-informed and talented.”MoreLess
There was a little hesitation before she replied, “I am not sure if I ought to tell you – ”
“But you must tell me, Aunt Alice. Papa is insistent that I marry the Duke and I realise that something strange must have happened to him. Otherwise he would not marry someone he has never seen, even my Papa’s daughter!”
“It is the most extraordinary thing I ever heard. At the same time, my dearest child, you are sensible enough to realise that your father would be delig...hted to have such a distinguished son-in-law.”
“I know, but no one ever thinks about me. After all, I have to marry him, not Papa. And what about him?”
“I have always admired your intelligence. Indeed I am quite certain, from what you told me in your last letter about the extra lessons you were having in Paris, that you are by now extremely well-informed and talented.”MoreLess
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