Seducing the Heiress
“Ratcliffe said with a decisive shake of his head. “Remember, they don’t know how badly he wants to thwart me. So they will have told him yesterday evening that you fell ill, for fear he would spurn you for being ruined.” Crossing her arms, Portia paced the stone pathway. Ratcliffe was right, of course. Mama would have perjured herself in a court of law in order to preserve the alliance with the duke. “Then my father will surely come. And he’ll bring a band of armed men to arrest you.” Ratcliffe... didn’t look alarmed in the least. “He’s far more likely to set forth on the Great North Road. You see, in my letter I led him to believe we’d eloped to Gretna Green.” He’d certainly thought of everything.
She had heard tales of couples running off to the closest village over the border because their families had opposed their union. Unlike England, where the law required banns to be read in church for three weeks ahead of the wedding, in Scotland there were no restrictions to prevent a man and woman from being wed immediately.MoreLess
She had heard tales of couples running off to the closest village over the border because their families had opposed their union. Unlike England, where the law required banns to be read in church for three weeks ahead of the wedding, in Scotland there were no restrictions to prevent a man and woman from being wed immediately.MoreLess
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