How to Rescue a Rake (Book Club Belles Society 3)
“She sat beside her mother who was shelling peas, dropping empty pods into a basket by her feet and letting the little green gems cascade through her quick fingers into a china bowl in her lap.
“The first crop of the season,” said Diana, smiling. Shelling peas had been one of her favorite chores as a child, despite her mother’s complaints that she was too slow at the task. Diana, of course, had to count the peas in each pod she opened, for if she found nine, it meant she would have to marry ...the next man she saw. How she loved the sight of those bright green pearls nestled in their velvety purse, knowing that no human had ever laid eyes on them until she did. Her impatient mother had usually snatched the bowl away to finish the job herself.
“I suppose you saw no one of any interest at the assembly dance yesterday, Diana?”
“No, Mama. Just the usual faces. It was horribly crowded despite the entrance fee.”MoreLess
“The first crop of the season,” said Diana, smiling. Shelling peas had been one of her favorite chores as a child, despite her mother’s complaints that she was too slow at the task. Diana, of course, had to count the peas in each pod she opened, for if she found nine, it meant she would have to marry ...the next man she saw. How she loved the sight of those bright green pearls nestled in their velvety purse, knowing that no human had ever laid eyes on them until she did. Her impatient mother had usually snatched the bowl away to finish the job herself.
“I suppose you saw no one of any interest at the assembly dance yesterday, Diana?”
“No, Mama. Just the usual faces. It was horribly crowded despite the entrance fee.”MoreLess
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