A Question of Impropriety by Michelle Styles - A Question of Impropriety

Author:Michelle Styles - A Question of Impropriety [Styles, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780373306077
Google: 2dOZ2xVEU-wC
Goodreads: 9630305
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

‘Do I detect a certain mulishness to your tone?’

‘A certain de cid ed ness, yes.’

‘It is something to be admired, but not necessarily welcomed.’ He held out his arm. ‘Shall we stop this silly quarrel before it begins? Come have a stroll with me around the room.’

‘I did promise Major Spence that I would wait here. Like you, I keep my promises.’ Diana saw the man in question advancing behind Brett. She had to admit there was no comparing the two. Major Spence was weak chinned and possessed a nervous tic in his eye whenever she asked him about when he was going to join his regiment in the Peninsula. ‘And he has gone to the trouble of getting me a cup of punch. A gentleman by all accounts. Lady Bolt assures me on this point.’

‘Jeremy Spence is not to be trusted.’ Brett’s voice held more than a hint of menace. ‘Not even with a glass of punch. Remember that.’

‘He was involved in a gallant action in the Peninsula. Apparently he is noted for his gallantry. It was something to do with a convent, but he refuses to say. It appears to me to be more than natural modesty, but Mrs Ortner and Lady Bolt find him charming.’

‘There is gallant and there is gallant, Diana, as I am sure you know.’ Brett lifted one eyebrow. ‘You did, after all, keep company with one of the Jehu. You know the language we use. Spence drove with the crowd as well.’

Diana’s cheeks burnt with an even greater intensity. She had forgotten the double entendre of gallant. A gallant action was one involving a mistress. Her hand began to tremble and she concentrated on not snapping the slender ivory leaves of her fan. ‘In a convent?’

‘Nuns are women as well. And it involved more than one convent, or so Spence boasts in male company.’

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