in2 by Pleasure For Pleasure

Author:Pleasure For Pleasure
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter the Seventeenth

I assure you that she came to no harm from our frolicking. I persuaded her, Dear Reader, that my blemished soul could be healed only by her ministrations, and she, lovely Peasblossom, adored sprite, believed me. She soothed my soul…and other parts of my anatomy, in my carriage. One afternoon that I shall never forget I met her in the ruins of a lovely chapel, and there amongst the wildflowers and fallen stones, we…

The Ascot

I f Darlington was supposed to be looking for a spouse, he certainly wasn’t going about it in a very productive way, to Griselda’s mind. Instead, he was hanging around their party and seizing every opportunity to say scandalous things to her. This made life interesting, but, of course, virtue suggested that she send him away.

“You must go off somewhere else,” she scolded him. They were all walking toward the royal enclosure, because Griselda had heard that the new Duchess of Clarence had arrived. Somehow they had drawn slightly ahead of Mayne, who had Sylvie and Josie on either arm.

“I shan’t,” he said into her ear. “I can’t.”

“You should be finding a young lady to court,” she said. There was something in his eyes that made her feel groggy and quite unlike her capable self. Hadn’t she decided to find a spouse for herself as well?

“I will stay here and help you choose your future spouse,” he said, as if he could read her mind.

“Lord Graystock appears to be wandering in our direction, for instance.”

Griselda looked obediently. True enough, Graystock was ambling toward them. He was a shaggy fellow with a cheerful face and a sharp nose.

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