Destitute On His Doorstep (2011)
“Reaching them, she clung to Francis’s side, wrinkling her nose as the stench from the animal pens assailed her nostrils. Her fair hair was dressed in ringlets that fell to her shoulders beneath a high-crowned hat. Half-turning her back to Jane, she tossed her head coyly, and her wide eyes touched him everywhere. Boldly she placed a hand lightly on his arm.
‘I’m so delighted to see you are still in Avery, Francis,’ she warbled. ‘I was afraid we might have missed you and that you would have retur...ned to the Hall.’ Smiling lamely, over Alice’s head he caught Jane’s brittle smile. Absently he brushed Alice’s hand aside.
‘My business here is not yet finished, and the way it looks—for Jane has the looks and the temper to cause pandemonium in the streets,’ he said, giving Jane a meaningful look with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes, ‘I might be here long enough to escort you back to Bilborough.’ He drew a quick, challenging glare from Jane and grinned lazily in the face of it.MoreLess
‘I’m so delighted to see you are still in Avery, Francis,’ she warbled. ‘I was afraid we might have missed you and that you would have retur...ned to the Hall.’ Smiling lamely, over Alice’s head he caught Jane’s brittle smile. Absently he brushed Alice’s hand aside.
‘My business here is not yet finished, and the way it looks—for Jane has the looks and the temper to cause pandemonium in the streets,’ he said, giving Jane a meaningful look with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes, ‘I might be here long enough to escort you back to Bilborough.’ He drew a quick, challenging glare from Jane and grinned lazily in the face of it.MoreLess
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