The Captain's Christmas Bride
“‘Why didn’t you say anything at the time?’ He drove his fingers through his hair, leaving it standing all on end. ‘Why didn’t you come out when you saw it was me? I could have understood you hiding if it had been anyone else. But not me, surely?’ ‘I wanted to. I tried to,’ she wailed. ‘But Nellie pulled me down and held her hand over my mouth. And whispered it was best to let you get it out of your system. That Julia knew what she was doing. I should let her take the force of your first fury. T...hat you’d calm down, and make up after a day or so, the way all married couples did. Because it had been nothing more than a kiss. And what was a kiss, after all? All the gentry go about kissing indiscriminately at Christmas, she said, once they’ve had a drink or two, and if there’s any mistletoe about. And that you’d get over it. But you haven’t, have you? And you haven’t made up with Julia. Anyone can see that you’re both still really cross with each other. And I can’t bear it any longer.MoreLess
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