Dangerous in Diamonds
“Hawkeswell slammed his fist onto the table in the card room at Brooks’s. “I won’t have it.”
He stood to emphasize his rejection of what he had just heard. “You will not marry that woman, Castleford. It is out of the question.”
Summerhays laid a calming hand on his arm and urged him to sit again. “You are being ungracious. Be happy for him, as a friend should be.”
“I’ll be damned first.”
Castleford looked meaningfully at Summerhays. “He has a protective inclination toward her. He expects me to r...uin her life if I marry her. It is well-known that always happens when a man heaps jewels, silks, and furs on a woman and makes her a duchess.”
“She is a grown woman, Hawkeswell,” Summerhays said. “Nor is she one not to know her own mind or to need your interference on her behalf.”
“Damnation, she isn’t the one who will be ruined.” Hawkeswell sighed in his annoying way. “Think, man. What are you doing? You were not born for marriage. You were not educated for it either.MoreLess
He stood to emphasize his rejection of what he had just heard. “You will not marry that woman, Castleford. It is out of the question.”
Summerhays laid a calming hand on his arm and urged him to sit again. “You are being ungracious. Be happy for him, as a friend should be.”
“I’ll be damned first.”
Castleford looked meaningfully at Summerhays. “He has a protective inclination toward her. He expects me to r...uin her life if I marry her. It is well-known that always happens when a man heaps jewels, silks, and furs on a woman and makes her a duchess.”
“She is a grown woman, Hawkeswell,” Summerhays said. “Nor is she one not to know her own mind or to need your interference on her behalf.”
“Damnation, she isn’t the one who will be ruined.” Hawkeswell sighed in his annoying way. “Think, man. What are you doing? You were not born for marriage. You were not educated for it either.MoreLess
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