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Оглавление“Would not a broken mainmast put our departure for Europe off even further?”
Rose asked astutely.
“Oh, what is another day or two when you are making such a hit in London?” Bennet replied.
“A hit? I am no such thing. I am probably the most talked-about woman in town.”
“Yes, that is what I meant,” Bennet said, staring into her eyes. They reminded him of the sea.
“Do be serious, Mr. Varner,” she said sternly. “You cannot want to be in the company of an infamous woman.”
“My friends call me Bennet.” He rested his elbow on the table and his chin on his hand to study her better.
“What do your enemies call you?”
“I see to it that I have no enemies,” he said with that determined smile of his, and Rose wondered if he did not make them or if he simply eliminated them.
