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Bending her knees, she planted the soles of her feet on thetheain, and then her feet to catch up Time for the shoulders, and then –

Whomp!

One of Marcus’s arain Good heavens, as she supposed to do now? Maybe if she waited a minute or two, he’d roll back to his previous position

She waited And she waited And he moved

Toward her

Honoria sed nervously She had no idea what time it was – sometime after dawn, but other than that, she had not a clue – and she really did not want Mrs Wetherby coainst Marcus in bed Or worse, her mother

Surely no one would think badly of her, especially not after all that had transpired the day before But she was un very little clothing, and –

That was it She was getting out If he woke up, he woke up At least he wouldn’t wake up with a proverbial gun at his back, pointing hie

She wrenched herself up and out of the bed, trying to ignore the rather pleasantly sleepy sounds he made as he rolled over and nestled beneath his quilt Once she had her feet fir It seen of those ominous red streaks Dr Winters had warned about

"Thank you," she whispered, sending up a quick prayer for his continued recovery

"You’re welcome," Marcus mur back nearly a foot

"Sorry," he said, but he was laughing

It was quite the loveliest sound Honoria had ever heard

"I wasn’t thanking you," she said pertly

"I know" He smiled

She tried to smooth down her skirts, which were horribly wrinkled She earing the same blue dress she’d donned in London, which had been – oh, dear heavens – two days earlier She couldn’t even i?" she asked

"Much better," he said, sitting up She noticed he pulled the blankets along with him Which was surely the only reason her blush was pink instead of deep red It was funny – almost She’d seen his bare chest a hundred ti, and even – not that she would ever tell hili about But nohen they were both fully awake and he was no longer at death’s door, she could not even bring her eyes toto his leg, which stuck out from under the covers

"More of a dull ache"