Cherished Enemy
“Peering at her anxiously, Victor half-whispered, “Are you feeling better, lass? Mayhap you should take another little sip.”
She obeyed, coughed, and returned the glass to him. “I’m sorry,” she murmured. “Did I frighten you? That was silly.”
“You had suffered a great shock,” said Charles, with an irked look at his friend.
“Aye. My fault. I’m a curst clumsy block to have thrown the news at you in so crude a way, Miss Rosa.”
Rosamond blinked at him, looking so dazed and helpless that he longed to ...take her in his arms and soothe away her fear and hurt. That right was denied him. Now, or ever. He had found the exquisite little creature he always had dreamt of finding, but he had found also that there was between them a barrier so formidable as to be insurmountable. He clenched his hand tight, and was obliged to avert his eyes quickly.
“I just—cannot believe it, you see,” Rosamond explained. “I simply cannot. Hal was so—so patriotic … so—” She sat up straight and turned appealingly to her brother.MoreLess
She obeyed, coughed, and returned the glass to him. “I’m sorry,” she murmured. “Did I frighten you? That was silly.”
“You had suffered a great shock,” said Charles, with an irked look at his friend.
“Aye. My fault. I’m a curst clumsy block to have thrown the news at you in so crude a way, Miss Rosa.”
Rosamond blinked at him, looking so dazed and helpless that he longed to ...take her in his arms and soothe away her fear and hurt. That right was denied him. Now, or ever. He had found the exquisite little creature he always had dreamt of finding, but he had found also that there was between them a barrier so formidable as to be insurmountable. He clenched his hand tight, and was obliged to avert his eyes quickly.
“I just—cannot believe it, you see,” Rosamond explained. “I simply cannot. Hal was so—so patriotic … so—” She sat up straight and turned appealingly to her brother.MoreLess
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