Marriage of Inconvenience
“For one reason, Rebecca kept forgetting she was to pretend a book was balancing on her head. It would have been an altogether different thing were she permitted to descend the stairs actually reading a book. That was an art she had positively mastered. Until Maggie forbade it, that is.
As she followed Maggie and Warwick down the stairs, she made her prosaic announcement. “This will be my last ball.”
Maggie sputtered to a stop, turned and leveled her sternest glare at her sister. “Pray, ...why do you say that?”
“Since we’ve been in England I’ve given far too much of my life to the Great Husband Hunt—save for the six months I spent cataloging the library at Windmere Abbey—and I’ve decided I’m of the age to know my own mind.” She stopped for a moment. “That mind assures me that of all the things on earth, I detest balls most.”
“Since you’ve decided you actually do wish to marry, you must attend balls in order to find a mate.”MoreLess
As she followed Maggie and Warwick down the stairs, she made her prosaic announcement. “This will be my last ball.”
Maggie sputtered to a stop, turned and leveled her sternest glare at her sister. “Pray, ...why do you say that?”
“Since we’ve been in England I’ve given far too much of my life to the Great Husband Hunt—save for the six months I spent cataloging the library at Windmere Abbey—and I’ve decided I’m of the age to know my own mind.” She stopped for a moment. “That mind assures me that of all the things on earth, I detest balls most.”
“Since you’ve decided you actually do wish to marry, you must attend balls in order to find a mate.”MoreLess
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