The Marrying Season by Candace Camp

Author:Candace Camp [Camp, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Romance, Regency, General, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9781451639520
Google: YUCrLwEACAAJ
Amazon: 145163952X
Goodreads: 15761897
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2013-04-22T21:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

I did warn you she had the Stafford temper,” Genevieve heard her brother say before she strode off down the hall. She thought of turning back to give Alec a piece of her mind, too, but she decided that would only reinforce the idea that her temper was at fault. She stalked down the hall and up the stairs. At the top she ran into Damaris, who looked lovely and rosy-cheeked and not at all in the fragile state Alec had drawn of her.

“Genevieve!” Damaris’s smile fell away as she took in Genevieve’s scowl. “Oh, dear. Should I not go down?”

“Not unless you enjoy eating your meal with two of the most obtuse, irritating men in the city.”

“Ah. Well.” Damaris turned and fell into step beside her. “I wasn’t interested in eating anyway. I was going there to see you.”

“I fear I am not very good company, either.”

“What happened? Are they arguing? I’m terribly sorry; I did not mean to break your confidence. It’s most irritating; Alec knows me all too well. I find it’s difficult to hide anything from him. But I thought Myles had explained everything, and Alec was not angry with him.”

“Oh, no, they are not angry with each other. The two of them are quite happily making plans for dealing with my life. There’s no need to apologize. You are not at fault.”

“Ah. I see.” Damaris nodded wisely. “They are ‘protecting’ you.”

Genevieve snorted inelegantly. “They are plotting revenge on Mr. Langdon. I am the one who was wronged! But apparently I am too delicate and refined to confront the man myself.” She stopped and swung around to face Damaris. “He had the nerve to tell me that it just wasn’t done. Myles! Lecturing to me on what is proper and what isn’t!”

“Men can be most aggravating,” Damaris agreed, and took Genevieve’s arm, leading her down the hallway to the upstairs sitting room.

“Of course, it’s all part and parcel of the rest of it. Myles has been in a mood since he heard about the note.”

“I am sure he is angry at Langdon for playing such a trick on you.”

“He is looking for Langdon to take it out on, but it is me at whom he’s angry.”

“You? But why?”

“I don’t know!” Genevieve cried, pleased to find someone who understood her side of the matter. “He says I should have known he wouldn’t have sent me the note. But it isn’t as if I thought he had some wicked intent by doing it. I presumed he needed to tell me something in a more private way than the dance floor allowed. Is that wrong?”

“No, of course not,” Damaris agreed soothingly.

“What would he have had me do? Ignore an urgent missive from him? How was I to know it wasn’t in his hand? It isn’t as if I’d had any letters from him. And when I pointed that out, all he could say was of course he wouldn’t have written me any letters, he wouldn’t set out to damage

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