Sweet Temptation
“Betty marveled to the downstairs parlor maid. “I couldn’t hit that many keys unless I was to fall down on them.”
“Miss Raymond is quite skilled at the harpsichord. Herr Bach says she is his best pupil.”
“I’m not surprised, not as much as she works at it, but what else has the poor girl got to do with her time?”
“Not much, I’m afraid. But with her fortune, it won’t matter. She’s bound to marry soon, even though she is a little old.”
“Twenty is a perfect age for marrying,” insisted Betty. “Though how she’s to find a proper husband from this place I don’t know.” This place was Miss Adelaide Rachel’s Seminary for Young Women, and the only unattached males allowed across the threshold were younger sons, boys in nearly every instance, who were forced to accompany their parents on one of the two painfully formal visits allowed each boarder per term. They were not the kind of males to attract the attention of a beautiful young heiress, who still dreamed of a fearless Adonis she had not seen i...n seven years.MoreLess
“Miss Raymond is quite skilled at the harpsichord. Herr Bach says she is his best pupil.”
“I’m not surprised, not as much as she works at it, but what else has the poor girl got to do with her time?”
“Not much, I’m afraid. But with her fortune, it won’t matter. She’s bound to marry soon, even though she is a little old.”
“Twenty is a perfect age for marrying,” insisted Betty. “Though how she’s to find a proper husband from this place I don’t know.” This place was Miss Adelaide Rachel’s Seminary for Young Women, and the only unattached males allowed across the threshold were younger sons, boys in nearly every instance, who were forced to accompany their parents on one of the two painfully formal visits allowed each boarder per term. They were not the kind of males to attract the attention of a beautiful young heiress, who still dreamed of a fearless Adonis she had not seen i...n seven years.MoreLess
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