The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer

By Georgette Heyer

"Tiffany Wield's undesirable habit is a major trial to her chaperone. ""On the shelf "" at twenty-eight, Ancilla Trent strives to be a soothing impression on her tempestuous cost, yet then Tiffany runs off to London on my own and Ancilla is confronted with a devastating scandal.
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Sophie fell and I caught her,” Alpin said, giving Eric a hard look that dared the man to argue. Eric met that gaze for a moment, then shrugged and moved to pick up the stool and chair. ” “The stool was upon the chair and Lady Sophie was upon the stool. ” Eric asked, only to have Alpin silently reply by pointing to a spot above the doors. “Oh, I see. ” “Aye,” replied Sophie. ” “‘Tis about four hundred and thirty years too late for that,” murmured Alpin, and met Sophie’s cross look with one raised brow.

If I try to hold her, I will simply smother all that sweet light with my own darkness. ” “Nella, I need some time alone,” Sophie said, halting her maid when the woman tried to follow her into the bedchamber they shared. “But, m’lady,” Nella began to protest. “I need to think, Nella. ” “Actually, Nella, I fell, knocked him to the ground, and he kissed me. com/processtext/ That is all. Now, go. Please. ” The moment Nella left, Sophie hurled herself facedown on the bed. She knew she had been attracted to the laird from the first moment she had set eyes on the man.

One thing he was determined to do for her was shield her from the dangerous, superstitious fears of those like Sir Peter. It might even, in some small way, assuage the hurt he had inflicted. Or, he mused, he could allow himself to fall in the coming battle, ending her pain as well as his own. He sighed and forced himself to concentrate on the conversation. Fate would never allow him to escape his dark destiny so easily. com/processtext/ “That Lady Margaret is a worse coward than I, and that be saying a lot,” muttered Nella as she sat before the fire in their bedchamber sewing a torn hem upon one of Sophie’s gowns.

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