Bedazzled
“the duc de St. Laurent said to his mother-in-law as he handed her from her great traveling coach.
“Merci, monseigneur,” Catriona Stewart-Hepburn said, curtseying stiffly, her famous leaf-green eyes making contact with the duc’s but a moment and then peering beyond him anxiously.
James Leslie, the duke of Glenkirk, stepped quickly forward, a smile on his handsome face, his arms open to enfold his mother into his warm embrace.
“Jemmie!” she cried out, her eyes filling with tears even ...as his arms closed about her, and he kissed her soft cheek. “My bairn!”
Glenkirk laughed, and then he hugged his mother. “Hardly a bairn, madame. Nae at my age.” He stepped back, and gazed upon her. “ ’Tis good to see you, madame. When we learned that you would be coming, we brought over our entire brood so you could finally meet your grandchildren, some of whom are already half grown.”
“And your wife, Jemmie,”MoreLess
“Merci, monseigneur,” Catriona Stewart-Hepburn said, curtseying stiffly, her famous leaf-green eyes making contact with the duc’s but a moment and then peering beyond him anxiously.
James Leslie, the duke of Glenkirk, stepped quickly forward, a smile on his handsome face, his arms open to enfold his mother into his warm embrace.
“Jemmie!” she cried out, her eyes filling with tears even ...as his arms closed about her, and he kissed her soft cheek. “My bairn!”
Glenkirk laughed, and then he hugged his mother. “Hardly a bairn, madame. Nae at my age.” He stepped back, and gazed upon her. “ ’Tis good to see you, madame. When we learned that you would be coming, we brought over our entire brood so you could finally meet your grandchildren, some of whom are already half grown.”
“And your wife, Jemmie,”MoreLess
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