An Exception to His Rule (2013)
“‘I mean...’ But she found it impossible to sort out her thoughts let alone her emotions.
‘If you hadn’t tripped over the damn dog, I might not have started it,’ he replied irritably. ‘Anyway! How come Tottie is so taken with you?’ ‘I don’t know.’ Harriet shrugged helplessly. ‘Dogs do just seem to take to me.’ ‘Look—’ he studied her ‘—sit down and have another cup of tea—no, I’ll pour it—hang on, I’ve got a better idea.’ He guided her to a chair at the dining table and pulled it out for her.... ‘Sit down and study some of my mother’s incomparable collection; it might calm you. While I pour us a drink.’ He turned away towards a cocktail cabinet.
Harriet drew a deep breath and combed her hair with her fingers but she couldn’t find her ribbon so she had to leave it loose. She took a hanky out of her purse and patted her face. Then her attention was drawn to an exquisite cameo in an old-fashioned rose-gold and pin-point diamond setting and she forgot about the wreck she might look as she stared at it rapturously.MoreLess
‘If you hadn’t tripped over the damn dog, I might not have started it,’ he replied irritably. ‘Anyway! How come Tottie is so taken with you?’ ‘I don’t know.’ Harriet shrugged helplessly. ‘Dogs do just seem to take to me.’ ‘Look—’ he studied her ‘—sit down and have another cup of tea—no, I’ll pour it—hang on, I’ve got a better idea.’ He guided her to a chair at the dining table and pulled it out for her.... ‘Sit down and study some of my mother’s incomparable collection; it might calm you. While I pour us a drink.’ He turned away towards a cocktail cabinet.
Harriet drew a deep breath and combed her hair with her fingers but she couldn’t find her ribbon so she had to leave it loose. She took a hanky out of her purse and patted her face. Then her attention was drawn to an exquisite cameo in an old-fashioned rose-gold and pin-point diamond setting and she forgot about the wreck she might look as she stared at it rapturously.MoreLess
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