Lady of Desire by Gaelen Foley

Author:Gaelen Foley [Foley, Gaelen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9780749955946
Google: OrR3DwEACAAJ
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Published: 2011-09-14T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

The next morning promptly after breakfast Jacinda went to the subscription library on the corner of St. James’s and Pall Mall to make her own investigation of Lord Rackford by consulting the very oracle of the ton, Debrett’s Peerage. All savvy young ladies knew to look up their suitors and other persons of interest in this esteemed volume in order to learn their lineage and background. She flipped through the delicate pages of the massive tome, a woman on a mission.

With Lucien still in the West Country, the almighty book seemed her best hope for finding independent confirmation of Blade’s tale. Meanwhile, behind her, the other patrons moved quietly over the hardwood floors, taking their selections to the clerk’s large circular desk. Miss Hood was reading an article in the latest issue of La Belle Assemblee, her bonnet neatly tied under her chin, her folded parasol hooked over her forearm. Lizzie had torn herself away from Alec’s side long enough to accompany her, as well, never one to miss a chance to pop into a place where books were housed.

Lizzie was squinting through her reading spectacles, scanning the shelves for the latest volumes by the newfangled German philosophers. She emitted a little cry of delight that echoed through the quiet library when she seized upon the newest work of Goethe.

“Shh!” the library clerk hushed her.

“Sorry,” Lizzie said absently, blushing.

Jacinda shot her a look that brimmed with laughter. Lizzie held up the Goethe and pointed excitedly at it. Jacinda shook her head at her in amusement. A hopeless bluestocking, she thought, but smiled at her friend. Things were finally beginning to get back to normal between them now that she had confided in Lizzie.

Last night in the carriage on the way home from the Devonshire ball, Alec had teased Jacinda unceasingly about her waltz with Lord Rackford, which had apparently raised a few eyebrows, not to mention Robert’s hackles.

Jacinda had thought she was in the clear when Bel had soothed the duke’s displeasure, but later, when she had been getting ready for bed in her chambers, Lizzie had tiptoed in in her night rail and had started asking questions.

In the end, Jacinda had finally told her best friend everything. Well—almost everything. She had told her the whole story of how she had met Billy Blade in the rookery and had even admitted that she had let him kiss her, but already blushing crimson, she could not bring herself to tell Lizzie just how far she had let that tattooed heathen go. The girls had sat on her bed drinking chocolate and talking into the wee hours of the night.

Jacinda had felt much better after sharing the whole account with her best friend. She ought to have done it sooner, she knew, but Lizzie had taken her attempt to run away personally and had remained miffed at her, so that Jacinda hardly dared wonder how she would take the news of her visit to the rookery. Besides, Lizzie had judged Blade

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