Let Me Be the One (2015)
“Guests of the ambassador remarked on it as North led her onto the dance floor. The Dowager Countess of Northam heard rumor repeated as gospel that her daughter-in-law was enceinte, which she neither confirmed nor denied, though she suspected the truth was merely that Elizabeth was most sincerely happy.
North turned Elizabeth in the first wide arc of the waltz. Her face was lifted toward him, bathed beautifully in prisms of candlelight from the crystal chandeliers. The gold shards in her eyes fl...ashed, making the smile she communicated there more wicked than the demure placement of her lips would suggest. "You should not look at me in quite that manner, my lady. This evening might well be over before it is properly begun. The ambassador is a Parisian, do not forget. He will understand perfectly our hasty exit from his ball." Elizabeth's smile was not reduced in any manner. "And you should not have encouraged me to have a second glass of wine before we left our home. I have no head for drink." North's own smile did not waver, though there was no accompanying teasing light in his eyes.MoreLess
North turned Elizabeth in the first wide arc of the waltz. Her face was lifted toward him, bathed beautifully in prisms of candlelight from the crystal chandeliers. The gold shards in her eyes fl...ashed, making the smile she communicated there more wicked than the demure placement of her lips would suggest. "You should not look at me in quite that manner, my lady. This evening might well be over before it is properly begun. The ambassador is a Parisian, do not forget. He will understand perfectly our hasty exit from his ball." Elizabeth's smile was not reduced in any manner. "And you should not have encouraged me to have a second glass of wine before we left our home. I have no head for drink." North's own smile did not waver, though there was no accompanying teasing light in his eyes.MoreLess
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