““Who is he, do you think?” wondered Bliss Morgan, tossing her blond hair back from her face as she spoke. “He is most divinely handsome even if he is old,” noted her identical twin sister. Blythe’s daffodil-colored hair seemed always perfectly coiffed. “Maybe he’s a suitor come for one of us,” said Delight Morgan in a hopeful tone. Her deep blue eyes, so like their father’s, sparkled with eager anticipation. “Ohh, Dee, don’t be so foolish!” Bliss snapped at the younger girl irritabl...y, causing her face to fall. “Look at the man! His clothes are of the very best materials, and that gold chain around his neck is worth enough to dower us all quite respectably. None of us has so much as a dried pea for a portion. Without a dowry we’ve little hope of making any kind of a decent marriage. We’ll be lucky if we end up as farmers’ wives.” “Aye,” echoed her twin mournfully.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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