Название: A Lady at Last
Автор: Brenda Joyce
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Исторические любовные романы
isbn: 9781472053626
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“So your mother is a very fine lady,” he remarked.
“She is a great lady. Papa told me that her airs are perfect and proper, no matter the moment, and that she is a great beauty, too.” She smiled, but some unease had arisen. It was so easy to forget that in six weeks she would be standing at her mother’s door in London. She glanced at de Warenne and saw him watching her intently and she smiled more firmly, as she did not want him to ever guess that going to England scared her more than any sea battle ever could.
“Does the family still have holdings in St. Mawes?” he asked.
Amanda suddenly sat up. “You are asking a lot of questions about my mother.” Her mind sped. De Warenne was an infamous ladies’ man and her mother was a great beauty. Was his interest in Dulcea Carre?
Her heart lurched with sickening force.
“Are you all right?” he asked.
She couldn’t smile.
“Amanda?”
“Do you know my mother?” she demanded.
“I’m afraid not, nor am I familiar with the Straithfernes.”
She slumped in her chair in abject relief.
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