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And he obviously couldn’t resist teasing her further, because he said, “Your family certainly wasn’t very subtle about it”

“Oh,” she said, barely resisting a groan “That”

“That?”

“Them”

“They’re not so bad,” he said

“No,” she agreed “But they are an acquired taste I suppose I should apologize”

“No need,” he murmured, but she suspected it was just an automatic platitude

Hyacinth sighed She was rather used to her faet her ht be a bit unsettling for the poor iving hientleman they’ve tried to foist me upon”

“How charly put”

“Although if you think about it,” she said, “it is actually to our advantage if they do think we ht make a match of it”

“How is that?”

She thought furiously She still wasn’t sure if she wished to set her cap for him, but she was sure that she didn’t want him to think that she had Because if he did, and then he rejected her…well, nothing could be more brutal

Or heartbreaking

“Well,” she said,to need to spend a great deal of time in each other’s company, at least until we finish with the diary If ht be a church at the end of the journey, they are far less likely to quibble”

He appeared to consider that To Hyacinth’s surprise, however, he didn’t speak, which meant that she had to