Candlelight Wish
““Offer for Lady Sophia?” she managed. “Whatever makes you think that is likely?” She refrained from making the comment that filled her thoughts, that she could think of no lady less likely to inspire Sir Miles Saunderton with love. But if that was not what he wanted… “Something he said to my Aunt Jane this morning.” Lucy fixed her with an intent stare. “Do you not mind?”
“Mind?” Phoebe pulled herself back together. “It is none of my concern whom your brother chooses to marry. I feel certain she... will make him an admirable wife. She is most biddable and would never challenge his decisions.”
“But that is just the point!” cried Lucy. “She will never argue with him and he will grow more and more tyrannical as the years pass and it will be quite dreadful for him.”
With that Phoebe found herself in agreement. And to marry where one did not love? It tore at her heart.
What, she wondered suddenly, might have happened that night at the Pershings had she encouraged Miles rather than put him off?MoreLess
“Mind?” Phoebe pulled herself back together. “It is none of my concern whom your brother chooses to marry. I feel certain she... will make him an admirable wife. She is most biddable and would never challenge his decisions.”
“But that is just the point!” cried Lucy. “She will never argue with him and he will grow more and more tyrannical as the years pass and it will be quite dreadful for him.”
With that Phoebe found herself in agreement. And to marry where one did not love? It tore at her heart.
What, she wondered suddenly, might have happened that night at the Pershings had she encouraged Miles rather than put him off?MoreLess
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