Читать книгу The Captain and the Wallflower - Lyn Stone - Страница 2
Оглавление“Not for all the gold in England would I dance with you, sir.”
His eye twinkled and he smiled more sincerely, with a crooked expression that warmed something inside her. “I’m not offering all the gold,” he said, “but a significant portion could be yours if you’re amenable.”
“A proposition, sir?” She raised an eyebrow with the question. “Am I to run weeping at the insult or deal you a resounding slap? How do the bets go that I will respond?”
“No bets and no proposition. I have a very decent proposal in mind.”
“I am already the object of ridicule,” she told him frankly, withdrawing her hand from his. “Go find another to tease, who will at least award you points for originality.”
He inclined his head. “Will you not grant me a small favor, at least, and take a turn about the floor?”
Perhaps this was an arranged jibe, compliments of her uncle. “Do you know Wardfelton?”
“I have not met him yet, but I shall seek him out immediately if you will give me leave to ask him for you.”
“For my person? Not only a dance? How droll.”
“For your hand in marriage,” he said without equivocation.
