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"He didn't look ill yesterday"
She tried to smile sweetly, but it was a difficult ether "Children can fall ill so quickly If you'll excuse rabbed her arm "If he were truly ill, then you would not have come to work today"
Oh, blast He had her there "I didn't say he was desperately ill," she ground out, "but I'd like to tend to him, and--"
"If he isn't desperately ill, then surely you can spare two minutes for rabbed her by the elbow and yanked her into his cottage
"Mr Siddons!" she shrieked
He kicked the door shut "I thought we'd gotten past 'Mr Siddons' "
"We've regressed," she hissed "Let me out"
"Stop acting like I'lared at him "I don't see why that see his hand through his hair "When did you develop these tere!"
"I certainly wouldn't have done so if you hadn't started lying about your brother"
Her e "How dare you accuse !"
"Aren't you?"
"Well, yes," she admitted testily, "but that is only because you are a rude, arrogant boor who refuses to accept no for an answer"
"Refusing to accept the negative usually guarantees a positive result," he replied, his voice so condescending that Elizabeth had to grab on to her skirt just to keep fro him
Her voice and her eyes pure ice, she said, "It appearsyou to speak your piece What was it you desired to say?''
He shook a piece of paper in front of her "I obtained this from Lady Danbury"
"Your notice of termination, I hope," she uest list And I regret to inforentlemen is acceptable"
"Oh, and I suppose you know them all personally," she scoffed
"As a matter of fact, I do"
She yanked the paper out of his hand, ripping a small corner off in the process "Oh, please," she said derisively "There are two lords and a sir How could you know all of them?"
"Your brother is a sir," he reminded her
"Yes, well, your brother is not," she shot back
"You don't know that"
Her head jerked up "Who are you?"
"My brother isn't a sir," he said in an annoyed voice "I don't even have a brother I wasout that you have the unfortunate habit of leaping to assuh your facts"