The Husband Season

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Mary Nichols. The Husband Season

‘What are you playing at?’ Adam murmured in Sophie’s ear, startling her; she hadn’t realised he was so close

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‘“Playing at”, my lord?’ she said sweetly. ‘What can you mean?’

‘You know very well what I mean. You manoeuvred Miss Malthouse to sit beside me at supper; it was so obvious I wondered others did not notice it.’

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‘No, Mama, I would not leave Harry or the Hadlea Home for so long, but I gather Teddy has agreed to escort Sophie.’

‘I don’t know how she managed to talk him into it,’ her ladyship said. ‘It is not something I would have expected of him.’

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