Knaves' Wager by Loretta Chase

Author:Loretta Chase [Chase, Loretta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance
ISBN: 9780380713639
Google: K-XhAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0380713632
Barnesnoble: 0380713632
Goodreads: 1340251
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1989-12-31T11:00:00+00:00

"You are an eloquent solicitor, my lord," she said at last. I seem to be hoist by my own petard."

"Not at all. I counted on your generous heart." His gaze was warm.

Lilith looked away. "The heart that concerns me is Cecily's. If I discern any signs of infatuation—unreturned, that is—"

"Then I shall knock the lad unconscious and drop him onto the first vessel bound for New South Wales."

"I do not demand so extreme a remedy. Paris will do," she said magnanimously. "Or Rome. With the end of hostilities, I expert half the Beau Monde will be flocking abroad."

"With the hostilities ended, the Continent is not so interesting to me," he said, a shade of meaning in his voice. Then, more briskly, he went on, "At any rate, Redley and his ancestors have transported half the Continent here. What works of art they could not buy or steal outright, I understand, they copied. There was once and I expect may still be an excellent reproduction of Bernini's 'Apollo and Daphne' round the next turning. Will you permit me to expound upon its aesthetic qualities?"

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