The Painted Lady (2001)

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Some of it was even between the pages of the leather-bound volumes. The rest reposed in the gentlemen strewn about the room in comfortable armchairs, reading today’s newspapers, napping behind yesterday’s newspapers, or conducting affairs of state and commerce that would fill tomorrow’s newspapers. They were, one and all, avoiding the crowds, the dancing, and their wives.
Kasey nodded to several silver-haired gentlemen, contemporaries of his late father, if not his grandfather, seeking the like
...liest source for the information he sought. His eyes finally alighted on Baron Stallworth, who was not only awake, but awake on all suits. Better yet, the baron used to be a bosom bow of the poor King, and Jason’s godfather, to boot. No one would question a conversation between them, and Stallworth would not repeat it. Kasey stopped to take a glass of fine cognac from the waiting servant, knowing that the Leydons did not stint when it came to entertaining. Of course, the duke decided, after an appreciative swallow, if they had a great galloping girl like Georgina to fire off, they had to do it first-rate.MoreLess

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