by Carola Dunn
It was exactly what she wanted, was it not? A gentleman who truly appreciated her abilities and was not reluctant to admit it. So why the sinking feeling, as if her heart were heavy enough to plunge all the way to the tips of her blue kid slippers? Why the catch in the throat, making it impossible to speak, to accept Lord Selworth’s flattering offer?
“Dash it, I nearly forgot.” He slid from the sofa and thumped to his knees before her. “I adore you, you know. Life won’t be worth living if you won’t marry me. I’ve loved you for ages and ages and ages....”
Gazing into his hopeful, slightly bloodshot blue eyes, Pippa knew he spoke the truth. Touching his lips with her finger to stop the string of “ages,” she murmured, “Oh Wynn, I have loved you for simply ages too,” and she kissed him.
Historical Note
Henry Grey Bennet’s Select Committee produced a Bill to abolish the use of climbing boys, but there was no time for a hearing that session. The following year, 1818, the Bill passed the Commons. In the Lords, Lord Lauderdale made a funny speech which killed it.
Though the practice gradually decreased, little boys continued to be forced up chimneys until it was at last banned in 1875.
Copyright © 1998 by Carola Dunn
Originally published by Zebra (0821760076)
Electronically published in 2007 by Belgrave House/Regency Reads
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