Beloved Abductor
“There was a flush on his cheekbones. ‘If you propose, Mistress Meriet, to try your tricks on Dickon, I advise you to think again! He has broken more hearts than you would credit. He was a minstrel in his younger days before he decided to settle down and take life more seriously, and he knows exactly how to woo a lady! I doubt the woman exists who could captivate him, however alluring.’ ‘If he is up to all the tricks, I do not know why you need to worry about your friend!’ retorted Felicia.
...‘He has a soft heart.’ There was a sardonic twist to Edmund’s mouth as he strolled forward and rested his hands on the carved wooden foot of the bed. ‘Did you look at him out of those beautiful eyes of yours and plead your cause?’ ‘He believes me innocent of Matilda’s blood,’ she said angrily, ‘which is more than you do! And if I am the sort of woman you seem to persist in believing me to be, surely your friend will sense it if he is so wise in the ways of women?’ She looked away from him, near to tears.MoreLess
...‘He has a soft heart.’ There was a sardonic twist to Edmund’s mouth as he strolled forward and rested his hands on the carved wooden foot of the bed. ‘Did you look at him out of those beautiful eyes of yours and plead your cause?’ ‘He believes me innocent of Matilda’s blood,’ she said angrily, ‘which is more than you do! And if I am the sort of woman you seem to persist in believing me to be, surely your friend will sense it if he is so wise in the ways of women?’ She looked away from him, near to tears.MoreLess
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