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"Are you in love?" Sarah asked

Anne snapped her gaze over to her friend "Pardon?"

"You’re staring at the bowl rather oddly, as though you care deeply about oranges If you want one, simply take it"

Anne did It was as succulent and sweet as she expected

"So continue with your story," Sarah commanded "What was it like to wear trousers? And ould you? Were you a stoay or so equally atrocious?"

Anne s to Scutari I becahten aze out on the world But I couldn’t very well shimmy up a pole in skirts"

"You actually clihter "Yes" And I climbed a ship captain But that memory was for her and her alone

"Better keep it to yourself Gentlemen prefer their ladies less adventuresome"

"Oh, I fully intend to tell no one But I wanted to share it with you, although I realize now that I haven’t the words to paint a true portrait of the experience" She popped another orange seg the wife of a lord?"

"Absolutely Fayrehaven treats ard I daresay that by the end of the Season you’ll be on your way to beco a wife as well"

"Perhaps"

"You can’t dally, Anne Your prospects next year will be fewer than they are now A new batch of eligible ladies will be stepping onto the htfully appealing"