The Constant Heart by Dilly Court

Author:Dilly Court
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Random House UK
Published: 2008-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

Harry leaned over and kissed his mother on the forehead. 'She could not fail to benefit from your patronage, dearest Mama.'

'My darling boy.' Margaret aimed a triumphant glance at Rosina. 'See how he idolises his mama, Rosina. I hope that when you have sons they appreciate you as Harry does me.'

Rosina felt herself blushing. She had not given motherhood a thought. In fact, she had only the haziest idea what constituted the intimate side of matrimony, and this had been gained from whispered conversations with Sukey, who had quizzed her newly married cousin, Jane, about what actually happened in the marriage bed. They had concluded that Jane had made up most of it to shock them, and that she was not a reliable witness, since she had insisted that she kept her eyes tight shut and had thought about chocolate cake and ice cream during the whole beastly business. Although, Sukey had said, on reflection – Jane had been married for nearly a year with no sign of a happy event, so she might have been telling the truth. It was a well-known fact, according to Miss Carmody, who had taught French at the dame school attended by Sukey and her sisters, that if one did not enjoy marital relations, then a baby would not be the result. Unfortunately Miss Carmody had been sent away in disgrace shortly after this conversation, and so the girls had not been able to question her further.

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