The Wyndham Legacy (1994)
“He turned then to look at his assembled family. His last Christmas had been spent around a campfire with fifty of his men, shivering in the Galician hills, wondering if the new year would bring them into battle and into death.He realized that he hadn’t bought a gift for the Duchess, not that she deserved it. Well, he had time, still five days until Christmas. Tomorrow, his uncle’s solicitor from London would arrive. He frowned, wondering what else his uncle could have done. Legitimizing the Duc...hess was a fine thing, he had no argument with that, though he realized quickly that Aunt Gweneth now looked at her a good deal differently. He couldn’t imagine why she would disapprove of the newly bona fide lady and approve of the bastard. Odd, that.Aunt Gweneth said, “Duchess, Marcus told us that you were living in Smarden, in Pipwell Cottage, with a man. Really, my dear, such a thing is most peculiar and leaves your reputation open to slurs, given your unfortunate antecedents.”The Duchess smiled a very small but pleasant smile, those long narrow hands of hers quiet in her lap.MoreLess
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