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"Oh, Leopold," Lisette said "I thought you had decided to marry him, Eleanor I’m sure you told him so earlier"
"He did ask me," Eleanor said defensively
"Really? He looked so surprised" There wasn’t an ounce of condemnation in Lisette’s tone Clearly, if she wanted to o ahead and announce the i nuptials "No, I don’t wish to marry Leopold"
Eleanor felt quite relieved Well, of course she was relieved, because she had lost her head and announced her intention to h she would have backed down if Lisette had strong feelings for the duke Possibly
"He does have lovely hair," Lisette said "I never really thought of him as a husband" She bent her head to the side and peered at hi your neck?"
"People are so interesting viewed sideways," she said "Just look at Leopold, for exaer froan to sag to the side so she straightened quickly It ne on top of ru Leopold," Lisette continued "Leopold and Lisette sound quite nice together Almost as nice as Lancelot and Lisette What’sthis afternoon" She looked at Eleanor "Did you hear about what happened to ed a s?"
Lisette blinked "Oh, of course it was!" Her ss since I was attacked by a e square It was nearly the size of a wolf, starving to death, I expect The villagers had to shoot it"
"That must have been awful," Eleanor said flatly
"But that’s not ere talking about We were talking ofto think about that very seriously Thank you for suggesting it My aunt Marguerite can be so annoying sometimes Do you know that we almost never have visitors? I expect that people come to your house all the time, don’t they?"
"At times"
"I feel as ifopen her arlass to the floor "Oh, well, itat the spilled drink "I’ll tell Popper that he should ring the bell this e
They all looked up Eleanor’sa comfortable coze with the squire’s wife
"Ti tipsy and dropped her glass"
Eleanor quickly straightened her back again and tried to look sober
"Since Popper isn’t here, I’ll inform a footman," Lisette said She darted out the door and a
"Lady Lisette is re at Eleanor’s side His voice was farthan she appreciated
"She has always had that quality," Eleanor said