The Made Marriage
“Then with a gush of relief she at last saw Owen’s tall figure appear in the doorway. He paused for a moment and his eyes traversed the room with the slow careless glance that she had already noticed missed very little.Catching sight of her anxious face, he strode towards her table, feeling a little irritable: an explanation no doubt would be expected for his tardiness. So already she was restricting his freedom, destroying his casual bachelor life, where there was no one but himself to answer t...o, no importunate female clutching possessively at his coat tails!As he took a seat across from her she leaned forward and hissed conspiratorially, ‘Do you know who’s at the table behind you?’‘Yes, of course,’ he answered coolly. ‘My cousin Nicky and the Fitzpatrick au pair girl, Doretta.’ He appeared faintly surprised at her air of suppressed excitement. ‘But what’s all the melodrama about? Nicky often comes here with the current girl-friend.’She drew herself upright, shocked at his casual reaction.MoreLess
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