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“Madeleine, this cannot go on.”
Оглавление“What cannot go on, my lord? The ride? The Marquis of Risley taking an actress in his carriage?”
“You do not have to be an actress.”
“No, but that is what I am. It is how I earn my living.”
“I could change that.”
“Why do you want to change it? If you are ashamed to be seen with me, why did you ask me out?”
“Because I want to be with you every hour of the day and—”
“I will not become your paramour, Lord Risley. I do not know why it is that everyone thinks all actresses are harlots….”
“Madeleine, how can you accuse me of that?”
“That’s what you have in mind, is it not? That is what the flowers and the presents have all been about, to get into my bed. Deny it if you can.”
