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She heard his intake of breath and knew all at once that he had surer to theers to him

Ned rubbed his chin and said ruefully, “Don’t worry, caughtbroken I’ht”

She glared at the tall runted and frowned at her, saying under his breath, “Do that once ret it”

He then held her tightly in his grip and turned to tell his driver, “I’ve got these two devils in hand You may return to the Manor and advise the viscount that I shall co to worry about”

“But…Yer Grace, ye ‘aven’t a horse…” the driver began to object

Mandy turned and eyed her brother silently Yer Grace?

“Oh, but I have two to choose fro This is not an open discussion,” the duke returned

“Aye then, Yer Grace, as ye wish,” said the driver but then added, “M’gun, Yer Grace?”

“I’ll see to it later Off with you now”

The coach ru so without his passenger, but his passenger seemed to have a mind of his own

The duke rounded on the young wo his chin, for a hts

Mandy shook free of his hold and ran to Ned to touch hi for an answer turned around and admonished, “You are a wretched, odious brute We didn’t take anything from you and wanted no ht you were someone else…”

“Obviously? Not to me, my dear Now tell me, and you lish, please, why I should allow either of you to proceed on your way?” He gave her a bit of a sneer and shook his head, “No, what you two need is less freedom, not more”

“Why you…you…” Mandythem at his head

‘Tch tch, ill mannered creature,” the duke stuck in softly “It would appear that ards to your supervision has borne very unfortunate fruit”