Blossom Time (1997)
““Lord Sylvester always puts the good of his magazine first, Harry,” Rosalind said, with a proprietary air. “Quite rightly, too.”
“I should be very much surprised if Amanda has any scribbles of John Donne’s in her library,” Harwell replied. “It was an excuse to snatch Sylvester out from under your nose. You may accept his departure with equanimity, but your lady guests will be heartbroken.”
She gave him a tolerant smile. “He does seem to be universally pleasing, does he not? To everyone but you,... I mean.”
“It pleases me that he has spared me a round with Amanda. And by the by, your beau is especially pleasing to Miss Fortescue, in case you are blind and failed to notice the chit throwing herself at him.”
As they spoke, Snow Drop came flying down the staircase with Sukey in hot pursuit.
“You’re supposed to be in bed!” Rosalind scolded. “And you haven’t even undressed yet.”
“I had to go to the kitchen first to get some cake from Cook,” the child replied, as if to an idiot.MoreLess
“I should be very much surprised if Amanda has any scribbles of John Donne’s in her library,” Harwell replied. “It was an excuse to snatch Sylvester out from under your nose. You may accept his departure with equanimity, but your lady guests will be heartbroken.”
She gave him a tolerant smile. “He does seem to be universally pleasing, does he not? To everyone but you,... I mean.”
“It pleases me that he has spared me a round with Amanda. And by the by, your beau is especially pleasing to Miss Fortescue, in case you are blind and failed to notice the chit throwing herself at him.”
As they spoke, Snow Drop came flying down the staircase with Sukey in hot pursuit.
“You’re supposed to be in bed!” Rosalind scolded. “And you haven’t even undressed yet.”
“I had to go to the kitchen first to get some cake from Cook,” the child replied, as if to an idiot.MoreLess
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