Undone by Virginia Henley

Author:Virginia Henley [Henley, Virginia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Do you realize what the date is?" Bridget had stayed awake into the small hours, waiting for Jack to return from gambling. At his blank stare, she answered her own question. "It is the month of February.

February! Our lease is up on this house at the end of the month and no money to renew it!"

Jack thought of all the markers he had given Hamilton and felt trapped. "We'll manage somehow.

Maria is marrying money."

"The wedding isn't until Easter, when Parliament has its recess. It comes early this year in March, but the lease is up in February! Where on earth will we hold the wedding? If the bailiffs put us out on the street, there will be no wedding!"

"We'll wait until the first of March, then visit the leasing office and convince them that we want to renew for another six months."

Bridget didn't look convinced. "There is no problem paying for all the wedding finery. I've opened accounts in the Countess of Coventry's name, and George will pay the piper. Maria is urging him to buy them a mansion here in London. His ancestral home is in Coventry, unfortunately. He owns a town house in Bolton Street, adequate for a bachelor but not for a countess and family. Perhaps if he buys a place soon, we can have the wedding there."

"It is not customary for the bride to be married from the groom's home," Jack pointed out dryly.

"Nor is it customary for the bride to be wed from the debtors' ward at the Fleet, which is where we could be by Easter!"

Jack sent up a silent prayer that Bridget stayed in ignorance of just how much in debt they really were.

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