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It was Dunford's opinion that Belle's brother Ned was still a trifle green, but he was nonetheless well on his way to beco point that he was extre blue eyes and marvelous bone structure as Belle Not tounder the same roof as Henry

"No, Henry," Dunford said in a very low, very dangerous voice "I do not think you should practice your feminine wiles on Ned"

"Do you think not?" she asked blithely "He seeerous to your health"

"Whatever does that ine that Belle's brother would ever hurt me"

"But I would"

"You would?" she breathed "What would you do?"

"If you think," he bit out, "that I' to answer that question, you are feeble-minded, if not insane"

Henry's eyes widened "Oh, my"

"Oh, my, indeed I want you to listen to erously into hers "You are to stay away from Ned Blydon, you are to stay away from married men, and you are to stay away fro you?"

"Of course not including uardian" He clamped his mouth shut, barely able to believe he'd lost his temper to the extent that he'd sworn at her

Henry, however, seee "All of the rakes?"

"All of them"

"Then whom may I setto rattle off a list of names To his surprise, he couldn't come up with even one

"Therethat he'd like to take his hand and wipe that impossibly cheerful expression off her face Or better yet, he'd do it with histo have to spend the entire season with just you for a coed to keep the hopefulness out of her voice

Dunford abruptly stood, practically hauling her up along with hio home"

They hadn't taken three steps when they heard someone call out Dunford's naant, extre their way "A friend of yours?" she asked

"Lady Sarah-Jane Wolcott"

"Another of your conquests?"

"No," he said testily

Henry quickly assessed the predatory gleam in the woman's eye "She'd like to be"

He turned on her " What did you just say?"