A Wild Night's Bride
“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.MoreLess
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