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She di that she ihtened as she looked up at hi” She blushed and looked away at this juncture

“And you consider yourself judge enough to know?” he teased

“Indeed, I do,” she said on a laugh “My father was such a fine whip In fact, there was none like to him … until, of course, you”

“And you learned a thing or two at his side?” the duke pursued

“I did,” she answered promptly

“Well, then, loved hands

“No, oh no,” she objected, appearing horrified even as she tooled the teah the busy traffic

“Shohat you can do,” he demanded softly

“Not in this traffic” She shook her head and handed him the reins back to him

He relented, but only a bit, and said, “Right … we’ll move to a quiet road” He made his way to the Post Road and out of the heavy hubbub of London’straffic

He kept up a steady strea her about her father and what the two of thereat affection of her parents, and they went on comfortably for the next twenty minutes

The sun was just beginning to peep from a clouded sky, and Felicia exclaimed that she couldn’t believe such a beautiful landscape was just a short distance from the hub of the city

“Don’t you like London?” he asked, brow up

“Well enough, but I rather think I miss the country and the freedom the country allows,” she answered wistfully

“Then after your ball, we shall have to go to e in the New Forest I think you will enjoy that”