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“Don’t worry,” Cary said. “I promise I won’t kiss you again. You have my word as a gentleman. Though I should like to point out that when I kissed you, you seemed to like it.”

“What?” she cried, exasperated. “I thought you were a bat.”

He glared at her fiercely. “You little beast! You did not think I was a bat.”

“I certainly did! Don’t you remember? I jumped out of the wardrobe—”

“Not that,” he said impatiently. “Less said about that the better. I mean, this morning, outside. When I met you by the bridge,” he pressed as she looked at him blankly.

“So you did kiss me!” Abigail exclaimed angrily. “I thought so!”

Cary’s eyebrows shot up. “You thought so? What the devil do you mean?” he demanded. “Was there any doubt?”

“Well—”

She scarcely got the word out. He swung her around, pushed her against the wall, and drove his mouth hard against hers. He kissed her expertly, then left her mouth briefly and kissed her neck, his hands skimming boldly down to her waist. As she tried to speak, he claimed her mouth again. It was just as well; she had no idea what she would have said.

Cary stopped kissing her eventually. “What do you think of that?” he asked breathlessly, holding her steady.

Abigail was equally breathless. And trembling. And confused. But at least the feeling of desperate panic was subsiding and she now had a very clear notion of the sort of man she ought to marry…