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“The viscountess,” Graha it is from Lady Danby”

“Yes,” his father snapped on an aggrieved sigh “I do…I hope it is fros for hborly courtesy”

“Is she the sort to send such letters?” Though the wording was innocent enough, it could be a trap by anyone of the e-minded ladies in attendance Twice now, his father had alht by a woreed in their hearts

His father tugged at his cravat looking distinctly befuddled “She is shy but comes alive within ood-natured char…and blushes,” he relayed this with a bit of wonder and a smile on his lips “Lady Danby blushes so prettily if I stare at her too long, or if I pay her the sincerest of compliments which she deserves I am uncertain she would be this bold”

Yet hope lingered in his voice that the lady had indeed decided to be daring

“Why not ask the viscountess how she feels?” Grahaested “She is not a debutante who needs to be protected from such advances She is a woman of sense and ”

A tic jerked in his father’s cheek “I tried,” he said with a gruff voice “She loved her husband very much Only…she has only lost him these past five years Whenever we speak, the viscountess always find a reason to slip him into our discourse I admire how ht not be willing or open to the idea ofher”

Graham recalled the rumors which had surrounded the viscountess’s move to Gloucestershire She ithout funds, her ed portion only enough to hter had her coo, which had not netted her any new connections or a irl had never had a Season in London Now there was little opportunity for the viscountess to secure respectable matches for them

The lady e into a well-connected fahters would do for an earl He glanced down at the invitation to a tryst in the conservatory once o?

“If you wish to see for yourself, Father, go, but be mindful of the lady’s intentions?

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His father sighed “I will be Once I see that it is not Amelia…I will politely extricate myself from the situation and hope no one is around to witness what they ht perceive as misconduct!”

And without a doubt, the identity of the author would be revealed, and Graham would knoho to keep a close watch on, for this person would most likely be prone to more mischief for the re into a coht prove difficult to extricate himself from?

I’ll be damned if I ever allow that to happen!

Chapter 3