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"Telher intently

"I wish I had so to share news of Sedgewick until she knew for certain whether Christopher cared for her or not

The earl sighed, as if quite put upon, then he opened his snuff box He caught her hand, set the pinch atop the fluttering vein in her wrist, and sniffed

"You are distressed over so of that thin blue line

"My abigail cannot seee the style I desired"

"Hmm…" He rubbed his thumb back and forth across her wrist "What are your plans for the evening? Are you stil on holiday?"

Maria tugged her hand back "No I have an assignation with a certain criton sh she was fairly immune to his lauded charms, she could not fail to note how attractive the man was And a spy, too Quite delicious, if one liked a rakish hero

"Do you plan to ask St John outright how he secured his release?" he asked conversational y "Or do you plan to glean the information I need to recapture him in some other fashion?"

"If I tel you my secrets, what value would I have?"

"True" He stood and lifted the lid to her patch box Selecting a diamond shape, he prepared it and secured it next to the corner of her eye "The agency could use a woman of your talents You should consider it"

"And you should go, so I can complete the task you set forhis hands on her shoulders "Do not disaze in theout of hand, my lord Most especial y attractive offers reat deal frorinned "You don’t trust anyone, do you?"

"Sadly"--she looked at herself in the htful y robust figure to theher fleshy buttock and urging her against his erect cock The lewd embrace had been the sole focus of his interest until he had heard Lady Winter’s discussion with Lord Eddington in the next rooainst the wal some inches above Sarah’s, as so reatly to learn of the betrayal He had come to like and respect Lady Winter and had hoped her association with St John would continue indefinitely They both had a certain glea the other, and St John had never looked happier than when he was in her ladyship’s co back "Lady Winter will be needing you now"

"Will you come to my room later?" she asked breathlessly

"I’l try Go on now" He spun her about and urged her toward the nearby door with a pinch of her ass

He waited until the latch had secured behind her, then he left the room

Time was of the essence

If he made haste, he could tel St John about Lady Winter’s true nature and return before he was missed

Chapter 19

Colin whistled softly as he brushed the satiny-shter and heavier, a strange e

It was beyond foolhardy, he knew, to seek A, and ether Not in any way Their few stolen kisses were a danger to both, and he felt the cad for even stealing those

She would be set free one day, exposed to the world at large and men like Lord Ware She would look back on these days and her fervent girlish infatuation and wonder what she had been thinking to irooined herself hungry for him But once she was set before a banquet, his cost a multicourse meal

"Colin"

He turned at the sound of his uncle’s voice, watching as the rotundoff his hat, Pietro ran a hand through his graying dark hair in a gesture rife with frustration Aside fro widths of their e unquestionable even though Colin’s was diluted by a non-Gypsythe lass in the woods"

Colin tensed

"The guards telproperty, and now you’ve interfered"

"I haven’t" Colin resumed his exertions "She saw him yesterday"