The Golden Season
The Golden Season
“It was not for a lack of impetus and certainly not for a lack of interest. It was because he was a man who valued reason above emotion, who preferred to understand a thing before he acted upon it, and above all, who was not guided by impulse. So he purposely stepped back from his initial fascination with the lovely heiress.
Such a strong and visceral attraction was unusual and he distrusted it. From childhood he’d been predisposed to reflection and thoughtfulness. Years of navigating the stormy... emotional seas at Josten Hall and later ones spent on a warship had honed this trait into what was to become the bedrock of his character, extraordinary self-possession and restraint. Not that he was incapable of decisive and immediate action when necessary. In the heat of battle he had often been called upon to make spur-of-the-moment decisions. But he hated doing so, always aware that a rash decision could cost his men’s lives.
There were other reasons, too, that kept him from joining the ranks of admirers Borton assured him filled Lady Lydia’s drawing room each day, primarily the depth of the field.MoreLess
Such a strong and visceral attraction was unusual and he distrusted it. From childhood he’d been predisposed to reflection and thoughtfulness. Years of navigating the stormy... emotional seas at Josten Hall and later ones spent on a warship had honed this trait into what was to become the bedrock of his character, extraordinary self-possession and restraint. Not that he was incapable of decisive and immediate action when necessary. In the heat of battle he had often been called upon to make spur-of-the-moment decisions. But he hated doing so, always aware that a rash decision could cost his men’s lives.
There were other reasons, too, that kept him from joining the ranks of admirers Borton assured him filled Lady Lydia’s drawing room each day, primarily the depth of the field.MoreLess
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