Miss Delacourt Has Her Day
“It was one thing to be gazed at with expressions of admiration. It was quite another to have people stare at you through narrowed eyelids, naked curiosity stamped on their faces.
“Come, Grandaunt Regina, I believe we should find Lord Crenshaw and go home”
“Now, Ginerva, that will never do,” Grandaunt huffed. “When you are a married woman, you will find that your demands will most likely fall on deaf ears. A man does not like to be dictated to”
Ginny felt as if she had been slapped. ...“Perhaps that was the way of it when you were a bride,” Ginny retorted, “but Anthony is not cut from the same bolt of cloth as his grandfather.”
Grandaunt sniffed. It was a far cry from the scolding Ginny expected in return for her disrespectful attitude. “I’ll admit, things were different when I was young. Anthony is different, too, thanks be to that! I would never have thrown the two of you together, higgledy-piggledy, if I thought he might be disinclined to fall in with your wishes.”MoreLess
“Come, Grandaunt Regina, I believe we should find Lord Crenshaw and go home”
“Now, Ginerva, that will never do,” Grandaunt huffed. “When you are a married woman, you will find that your demands will most likely fall on deaf ears. A man does not like to be dictated to”
Ginny felt as if she had been slapped. ...“Perhaps that was the way of it when you were a bride,” Ginny retorted, “but Anthony is not cut from the same bolt of cloth as his grandfather.”
Grandaunt sniffed. It was a far cry from the scolding Ginny expected in return for her disrespectful attitude. “I’ll admit, things were different when I was young. Anthony is different, too, thanks be to that! I would never have thrown the two of you together, higgledy-piggledy, if I thought he might be disinclined to fall in with your wishes.”MoreLess
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