Epilogue
The Lake District, Five years later.
Margaret Townsbridge, Viscountess Roxley, sipped her lemonade while her gaze followed the red wooden ball that rolled neatly across the grass. A smile curved her lips when it struck a blue one and her granddaughter, Lilly, emitted a joyful squeal.
“I see,” Athena shouted, hands on her hips. “You think you can best me, do you?”
“I’m certainly going to try,” Lilly said as she snatched up her mallet and stepped aside so her brother, Lucas, could have his turn.
James and Abigail’s children, Henry, Rupert, and Oliver, were participating too, Oliver with the assistance of his uncle William.
In the distance, behind the game of pall-mall, Margaret glimpsed her daughter, Sarah, and her daughters-in-law, Bethany, Abigail, and Eloise. They walked with Sarah’s husband, the Duke of Brunswick, and two more grandchildren: Sarah’s eldest daughter, Catherine, and Eloise’s eldest children, Dominic and Rose.
The rest of the grandchildren, which included Sarah’s two-year-old daughter, Mary, and Eloise’s three-year-old son, Max, along with Athena’s four-year-old triplets, Penelope, Jenifer, and Hyacinth, plus her two-year-old son, Edward, were being cared for by four nannies.
“This is true wealth,” Margaret told her husband, George, as she leaned her head against his shoulder. “A family to love and cherish.”
He chuckled lightly, the soft rumble she’d become so familiar with over the years a comfort to all her senses. “When I proposed, I did promise to make you happy, my dear.”
“And I have never been more so, my love. With all our children settled and fourteen grandchildren to dote on, what more could I possibly want?”
“I cannot imagine,” he murmured in that same low tone that had set her blood on fire the first time they’d danced almost thirty eight years ago. He reached for her hand and threaded their fingers together. “But I’m sure I can think of something.”
Margaret’s cheeks heated as they invariably did when George showered her with attention. “Tonight perhaps?”
A devilish gleam appeared in his eyes right before he leaned in and kissed her. Laughter and squeals of joy filled her ears while the sun warmed the bright afternoon, and as she answered her husband’s caress, Margaret knew they’d been right to encourage their children to choose love above all else.
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Acknowledgments
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