Columbine
“said Kit in exasperation as he climbed down from Thunder’s back, “and I’ll make certain that you’ll pay in blood.”
But Jonathan only laughed.
“After that debacle with little lost Lady Grey, I thought you’d welcome the chance to restore your confidence with the fair sex. Consider this my last gift to you before I sail.
Though you’re not being particularly grateful.”
“I’m feeling ambushed, that’s why,” said Kit glumly, wishing he’d told his brother last night that Dianna Grey was now anything but... lost. He tied their two horses to one of the rings fastened to the oak tree on the green, then resettled his hat, the dark red plume fluttering in the breeze.
“To bring Constance here to Wickhamton, to the meetinghouse on the Sabbath, for God’s sake!”
Jonathan shrugged and brushed a nonexistent speck of dust from his coat.
“I merely served as the lady’s escort from New London so that she might visit her aunt.”
“So she might visit herself on me like a plague is more the truth,”MoreLess
But Jonathan only laughed.
“After that debacle with little lost Lady Grey, I thought you’d welcome the chance to restore your confidence with the fair sex. Consider this my last gift to you before I sail.
Though you’re not being particularly grateful.”
“I’m feeling ambushed, that’s why,” said Kit glumly, wishing he’d told his brother last night that Dianna Grey was now anything but... lost. He tied their two horses to one of the rings fastened to the oak tree on the green, then resettled his hat, the dark red plume fluttering in the breeze.
“To bring Constance here to Wickhamton, to the meetinghouse on the Sabbath, for God’s sake!”
Jonathan shrugged and brushed a nonexistent speck of dust from his coat.
“I merely served as the lady’s escort from New London so that she might visit her aunt.”
“So she might visit herself on me like a plague is more the truth,”MoreLess
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