To Deceive a Duke
“‘Hmm?’ Clio said, distracted. She had a book open beside her plate, but had not read more than two words together. Dances were as far from her thoughts as a subject could be.
‘It is last minute, I know, but Mrs Manning-Smythe says in her note it will all be quite informal,’ Thalia said. ‘Just some dancing, a few hands of cards. You would enjoy the cards, Father, even if Lady Rushworth could not persuade you to waltz!’ Their father chuckled. ‘Perhaps she could not get me to waltz, yet she will no doubt insist I be there. She says I need to get out in society more often. Live in the present sometimes, not always in the ancient past.’ ‘That is excellent advice, Father,’ Thalia said.
‘If only the present didn’t move so very fast.’ Sir Walter sighed. ‘Always changes, changes. You can’t rely on it, like you can the past. It won’t stand still to be studied.’ Just like certain people, Clio thought. Just as she imagined she had a grasp on them, on their essence and motives, they changed on her.
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