Taming The Tempestuous Tudor. Juliet Landon

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      ‘Please, don’t say any more about that. My intention was not to insult you, or the mercers in general.’

      ‘What was it, then? Is it that I’m not a courtier? Is that it?’

      ‘Yes,’ she whispered. ‘I am no nearer to the royal court than I was before and I find that hard to accept, my lord.’

      ‘Then let’s shelve the problem for the moment, shall we? You may find that, eventually, there will be other things to occupy your time and energy, mistress.’

      She would have been a dullard indeed not to have known what he alluded to, but she did not think that, in the circumstances, the prospect was very enticing. Nor, if she could help it, was it even feasible.