\u2018Brent,\u2019 Lady Lillian murmured as she entwined her fingers with his and gave him a begging look. \u2018If I promise we\u2019ll leave in an hour or two and not stay until dawn, will you keep my secret. Let me have a couple of hours here to watch and learn and\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earl Mallory frowned. \u2018And what? Has your companion, whose name I still don\u2019t know, made some sort of arrangement?\u2019 He looked worried and suspicious, and with good right. Perhaps she\u2019d reveal half of their plans, enough to pacify him and give them room to explore without him hovering like a distraught father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Please, let me go on my way. You can do whatever you came for, too.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His hands were on his hips and he looked angry. \u2018I did not come here to find a mistress, if that\u2019s what you\u2019re thinking. I\u2019m more than happy to leave now and take you home.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She mimicked his stance by putting her hands on her own hips and scowling at him. \u2018I am not leaving. Not until I\u2019ve explored all the upper rooms as well.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018The upper rooms? Are you mad? A lady cannot go prowling around the bedrooms. There will be couples in those bedrooms having–\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Having sex? I do know these things. I\u2019m a widow, not a spinster.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Huh! And what will you do if you walk into a room where there are more than two people? Perhaps three or four, or even five, in one bed.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Oooh, do you know which rooms they are in?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018I do not. And I don\u2019t wish to know.\u2019 He sucked in a breath and pointed a finger at her face. \u2018And neither do you.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018I\u2019m my own person now and I\u2019ll do what I want. I\u2019m going upstairs to explore, and to observe. To join in if I\u2019m asked.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018You deserve better than the men you\u2019ll find here, Lillian. Go to a respectable ball. Dance with some decent men. Find another husband.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Why are you eager for me to risk a repeat of my miserable marriage, when you\u2019ve declared that you\u2019ll never marry again?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Because you\u2019re a woman and I\u2019m a man.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her eyes narrowed. \u2018That\u2019s a very biased view, and I thought you better than that.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He groaned. \u2018You\u2019re right. It\u2019s unfair to tell you to risk more unhappiness when I won\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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