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“So you’ve mentioned,” Hyacinth said And then she couldn’t resist She just had to ask “But tellin just a bit “Truthfully Weren’t you just a tiny bit excited? Once the fear of disco

very had worn off and you kneould be undetected? Wasn’t it,” she asked, her words coh, “just a little bit wonderful?”

He looked down at her, and ination, but she thought she saw so just a little bit indulgent

“A little bit,” he said “But just a little bit”

Hyacinth smiled “I knew you weren’t a stick”

He looked down at her, hat had to be palpable irritation No one had ever accused hiustedly

“In the mud”

“I knehat you meant”

“They why did you ask?”

“Because you, Miss Bridgerton…”

And so it went, the rest of the way home

Chapter 10

The nextHyacinth is still in an excellent mood Unfortunately, her mother commented upon this so many times at breakfast that Hyacinth was finally forced to flee and barricade herself in her bedchamber

Violet Bridgerton is an exceptionally canny wouess that Hyacinth is falling in love, it would be her

Probably before Hyacinth, even