The Worldly Widow
“The servants were all dismissed. Falconer and Ransome had long since mounted the stairs to their beds. Annabelle and Dalmar were alone in the book room."What became of the original cartoon?" she asked, her eyes wary as the Earl approached. Silently she accepted the glass of amber liquid he held out to her. Her nose wrinkled. She preferred sherry to brandy, but in that moment, nothing would have made her say so.He remained standing, his back to the mantel. Annabelle did not demean herself by cra...ning her neck to look up at him. She gazed blindly at the glass in her hand."Destroyed," he finally answered, cool eyes raking her. "I could not take the chance that it might fall into the wrong hands."She gave him a smile hinting of insolence. "I thought it was one of Cruickshank's more memorable efforts," she taunted. "He caught your friends' likenesses to a tee."Brusquely, he answered, "You're playing with fire, Annabelle. What do you imagine would have happened on the morrow when some of the foremost peers in the realm discovered themselves to be the butt of your malicious wit?""Don't forget Monique Dupres," she reminded him airily.MoreLess
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