![]() But in his personal life, he preferred the refreshing alternative of blunt truth. "That isn't what her father said in his letter."Īs a diplomat attached to the British Consulate in Paris, Lord Gilbert was a master of hints, evasions, innuendoes, and intrigues. "Sweet disposition?" he echoed in amused disbelief. ![]() Lord Edward Gilbert cast a skeptical glance at his wife. And she'll have her mother's smile, her gentleness, her sweet disposition. "She'll be pretty, just as her mother was. She lapsed into silence and gazed absently out the coach window at the lush, rolling English countryside covered with wild pink Foxglove and yellow Buttercups, trying to envision the niece she hadn't seen in almost eleven years. I keep wondering what Whitney will be like now that she's grown up." "Another whole hour until we arrive, and already the suspense is positively gnawing at me. ![]() AS THEIR ELEGANT TRAVELLING CHAISE ROCKED AND SWAYED along the rutted country road, Lady Anne Gilbert leaned her cheek against her husband's shoulder and heaved a long, impatient sigh. ![]()
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