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“Some would say she’s too kind to me”

“Oh,

He choked on his lemonade “You haven’t a coy bone in your body, do you?”

Hyacinth glanced across the roo back to hiine it’s why I am still unmarried”

He smiled “Surely not”

“Oh, indeed,” she said, even though it was clear he was funning her “Men need to be trapped into e, whether they realize it or not And I see in the ability”

He grinned “You mean you’re not underhanded and sly?”

“I’s,” she admitted, “just not subtle”

“No,” he reement bothered her or not

“But tell me,” he continued, “for I’m most curious Why do you think e?”

“Would you go willingly to the altar?”

“No, but—”

“You see? I areat deal better

“Sha of you not to allow me to finish my statement”

She cocked her head “Did you have anything interesting to say?”