Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson

Author:Julianne Donaldson [Donaldson, Julianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, David_James Mobilism.org
ISBN: 9781609089467
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

I was not sure I was ready at all, with Philip sitting so close to me in this quiet room. But then I remembered I was supposed to be growing up, and I tried to imagine what an experienced lady in London would do. I tried to imagine what Cecily would do. I imagined I was graceful and elegant and accustomed to handsome gentlemen teaching me how to write a love letter.

I kept my voice casual and said, “Please, go ahead.”

He cleared his voice and spoke in a tutorial manner. “The purpose of the love letter is to convey feelings one cannot say out loud. Here is your first exam: Why would a gentleman be unable to declare himself openly?”

Philip sounded so serious, as if he were a real teacher and I a pupil. I didn’t want him to be serious. So I bit my lip, as if thinking hard, and said, “Um, because he’s . . . a mute?”

Philip’s lips twitched in an effort not to smile. “I see you passed the general and went straight to the specific. The answer, Miss Daventry, is that a gentleman is unable to declare himself openly if his circumstances prevent it.” He raised an eyebrow. “Were you paying attention?”

I nodded. “Yes, but you spoke of a gentleman. Should you not be teaching me how a lady writes a love letter? After all, I will need to write a love letter as if I were my aunt.”

He rolled his eyes. “I am not going to pretend to write a love letter to another man. You will just have to take my instruction and apply it in your own way. Now, how do you think he should begin?”

“With her name?” I guessed.

“Unimaginative.” He picked up the quill, dipped it in ink, and wrote,

To my unsuspecting love.

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