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‘’Tis nearly ti room when you’re ready, and I’ll tell you about everyone you will meet at the rout’

Watching her hostess walk out, A and flatteringly attentive Lord Trowbridge She was…interested, but despite his handsoibility, she’d not felt for hi like the instantaneous pull of attraction she’d had to Greville Anders upon o

A pull that had only strengthened with time

But her knowledge of what happened between ue at the Exeter assembly, Greville was the only nite iroith acquaintance, too

As attentive as Trowbridge promised to be, she should have ample opportunity to discover the truth of that theory In the hts proe of Greville Anders’s smile

Chapter Eighteen

In the early evening teeks later, Greville glanced at the athered up several ledgers and headed for Lord Bronning’s sitting room As the master of Ashton Grove recovered, it had becoht for Greville to appraise his host about the various estate matters to which he’d attended that day

Ever since Lord Bronning’s attack, he’d been up with the sun, off to the far the land until dark, and afterin the estate office until aftera hand over his face as he walked, Greville stretched his back to ease muscles strained fros bent over the estate books

Once again, he reflected with rueful amusement over the irony that at Ashton Grove, where he was technically a guest, he worked longer and harder tending the estate then when he’d been the hired er of Blenhem Hill

No ti in rich food and willing doxies

One would think there’d not be enough tie in daydreams of a sweetthan the practised wiles of all those experienced seductresses But somehow, despite the frantic busyness of his day, there was A now-fah him

Dragging his thoughts back before they turned, like a lodestone seeking north, once again in Amanda’s direction, Greville forced himself to concentrate on the su

To his relief and that of the entire household, Bronning’s health had been steadily iilant Althea had forbidden hith returned, Greville knew his host would soon be pressing to reclaiement of the land he so dearly loved

After knocking at Bronning’s door, Greville entered and was delighted to see his host writing at his desk, rather than reclining on the couch

‘Good evening, sir,’ he said ‘How good to see you up!’

‘Good to be up again,’ Bronning replied ‘Even better to finally be feeling lass of port with me?

‘With pleasure,’ Greville said, going to the sideboard to pour thelass

‘Now, tell e we coround earlier this spring’

‘Then you’ll be happy to hear Mr S’

For the next half-hour, Greville answered questions and provided details about the condition of the fields, cattle and s activities that kept Ashton Grove running profitably

He’d about finished his account when a knock sounded at the door, followed by the entry of Althea Holton