Читать книгу The Convenient Wife - Бетти Нилс - Страница 2
She peeped at him. He was smiling, but not nicely. “Oh, dear, what have I said to make you smile that way?”
Оглавление“Like what?”
“Well, you smile like that when you lecture the nurses and one of them makes a silly reply to a question.” She paused. “Ready to pounce.”
He roared with laughter. “Am I such an ogre? Do you think I am an ogre, Venetia?”
It would be best not to tell him what she thought of him. “No,” she told him sedately. “I’ve never thought that. You’ve always been kind to me.” She added, suddenly bold, “When you’ve remembered that I’m here.”
He said blandly, “Oh, but I’ve never forgotten that.” A remark that left her puzzled, and hunting for a suitable reply.
