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She s to touch that place inside him where she knew a heart had once resided "Oh, you have no idea"

"More reason for nate that your roeary of you in short order"

She laughed lightly at that "He appreciates that I’et to know him better"

"The Devil Earl? He’s a murderer, Catherine"

"Yes, he killed aabout my husband that I do not ad splendidly if you’d give him half a chance"

"On the contrary, I suspect he’d dislike me as much as his friends do"

She furrowed her brow in confusion "When did you gather that i walked back to the , his snifter once again full

"If you need , please send word," Catherine said as she retrieved her reticule fro

"Get on with your life, Catherine I shan’t need you"

"We all need so"

"I bloody well hope not"

Yes, her brother definitely needed so

Thewanted her to leave He relished the i, and in spite of the dire threats he’d received, he wasn’t quite ready to give up the notion of being intioodness she’d not taken it upon herself to visit him before all evidence of his nasty encounter with Swindler had disappeared--Sterling traded his refined brandy for a bottle of whiskey, his study for the garden