The Duke's Wager (2014)
“She had felt an overwhelming need to be by herself, to walk until her feet numbed, to think, and to finally plan again her own future.
For no, it would not do, she thought, shaking her head as the skirts of her long coat brushed against the long grasses on the meadow track she paced, for her to let herself drift any longer. Things were becoming uncomfortable at the house, and there was a great deal to think about. Amelia was still angry this morning at St. John’s command that Regina was not to ...attend the ball, and that there was to be no further discussion of the idea. Amelia had tried to cajole Regina into reasoning with the Marquis and impressing upon him what a snub it would be to the Squire if she did not attend, and further, that her noncompliance with the invitation would surely spike more gossip about the mysterious lady at Fairleigh than ever her attendance would. But Regina had remained adamant. After all, she reasoned, she was here only on St. John’s charity, which was a thing that Amelia did not know, and it would not do for her to impose.MoreLess
For no, it would not do, she thought, shaking her head as the skirts of her long coat brushed against the long grasses on the meadow track she paced, for her to let herself drift any longer. Things were becoming uncomfortable at the house, and there was a great deal to think about. Amelia was still angry this morning at St. John’s command that Regina was not to ...attend the ball, and that there was to be no further discussion of the idea. Amelia had tried to cajole Regina into reasoning with the Marquis and impressing upon him what a snub it would be to the Squire if she did not attend, and further, that her noncompliance with the invitation would surely spike more gossip about the mysterious lady at Fairleigh than ever her attendance would. But Regina had remained adamant. After all, she reasoned, she was here only on St. John’s charity, which was a thing that Amelia did not know, and it would not do for her to impose.MoreLess
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