Reluctant Bride (1982)
“He also looked extremely ashamed of himself, as he greeted us holding Mitzi in the crook of his arm.
“Sir Edmund! You got her back! How—when?” I was overcome with emotion. I held my arms out to receive her, but she turned her head, looked up, and licked Sir Edmund’s chin lovingly, showing no inclination to come to me. She, who had always had an instinctive dislike of men. I often thought it was why Beattie gave her to me, because she held him in such contempt.
“Last night,” he said casually, as... though he had done no more than walk to the door and whistle for her.
“Did she run away from Reuben?”
“Lord no, I had to go all the . . . I drove out and picked her up.”
“Edmund! I didn’t really mean for you to do that.”
“I had nothing else to do,” he made a point of telling me.
“So much trouble. Thank you.” I gave him my prettiest smile in gratitude, then tried once more to retrieve my dog. She clung with her nails tenaciously to his sleeve, crouching back in the crook of his elbow.MoreLess
“Sir Edmund! You got her back! How—when?” I was overcome with emotion. I held my arms out to receive her, but she turned her head, looked up, and licked Sir Edmund’s chin lovingly, showing no inclination to come to me. She, who had always had an instinctive dislike of men. I often thought it was why Beattie gave her to me, because she held him in such contempt.
“Last night,” he said casually, as... though he had done no more than walk to the door and whistle for her.
“Did she run away from Reuben?”
“Lord no, I had to go all the . . . I drove out and picked her up.”
“Edmund! I didn’t really mean for you to do that.”
“I had nothing else to do,” he made a point of telling me.
“So much trouble. Thank you.” I gave him my prettiest smile in gratitude, then tried once more to retrieve my dog. She clung with her nails tenaciously to his sleeve, crouching back in the crook of his elbow.MoreLess
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