“He’s quite bitter-and keenly desirous of revenge. “One could say that,” Gideon replied dryly. “Has he given you any indication of the nature of his feelings for her?” He hesitated, and gave her a wary glance.
“Yes, I would like that.” She paused before asking in a low tone, “Has McKenna mentioned my sister to you of late?” “Tomorrow night, if you will do me the honor of accompanying me to the theater.” Smedley kept on orating, oblivious to the fact that she wasn’t being listened to. “Will I have an opportunity to see McKenna in London?” she asked Gideon, while Mrs. She did not have to look at him to know that he was thinking of McKenna and Aline. Livia tensed suddenly, while Gideon fell silent. It is impossible for a woman to esteem a man who is below her station.”
“Only those of equal situation should marry…or if there be inequity, the husband should be superior to his bride. “And societal position is most significant,” Mrs. “Terrifying,” Gideon said, raising his brows mockingly at Livia.
“Just think of the excitable natures of the children!” Her foot connected harmlessly with a lacquered panel. “Then it is not advisable for two passionate individuals to wed?” Although Gideon was not looking at Livia, he somehow managed to avoid the kick she aimed at the front of his shin. The warm-hearted should unite with the cold-blooded, the nervous should be paired with the stoic, and the passionate should marry the cerebral.” “A dark-haired gentleman, for example, should not marry a brunette, nor should a corpulent man marry an overendowed girl. “…one should never marry someone who is similar in form, temperament and appearance to himself,” the chaperone counseled them both. Every now and then his gaze would meet with hers, and his smiling blue eyes held an expression that made her breath catch.įinally the lecture on tobacco was diverted to the subject of etiquette, and then into the more sensitive area of courtship, which had Livia wincing even as Gideon seemed to be highly entertained by Mrs. Smedley was having in admonishing Gideon, Livia found an irrepressible grin breaking out, time and time again.
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