“said DeVere.“What?” Fox looked startled. “What the devil are you about, DeVere?”“I’m prepared to drop five hundred guineas for any of you sods who can come up with a challenge I can’t win. Indeed, let’s make it more interesting—one thousand guineas.”“Let me get this straight,” Fox said, scratching beneath his wig and setting it askew. “You have come here to propose a wager on some yet unnamed wager?”DeVere cocked his head with a grin. “I suppose you might say that.”“And are prepared to drop a t...housand? Just like that?” Fox snapped his fingers.“Precisely,” DeVere said, throwing himself into an empty chair.“Are you drunk or mad?” Carlisle asked.“Neither. I’m bored.”“After a night spent rutting with everything that moves?” Carlisle raised his glass. “I salute you, DeVere.”At the mention of his friend’s name, Ned raised his head from a mound of satin pillows. DeVere regarded him with a mocking grin. Pulling himself into a sitting position, Ned grimaced as if he’d just suffered the rack.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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