Mary Nichols

A Lady of Consequence


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to become your paramour, wasn’t it? Was this your vengeance?’

      ‘Vengeance? Good God! Surely you do not believe I am as contemptible as that?’

      She ignored his denial. ‘And now I suppose those…those…rakeshames are privy to everything I told you in confidence.’

      ‘No, never! I was with those fellows, but I did not know what they would do and I certainly took no part in their bad behaviour. Please believe me. I would not for the world have you hurt.’

      ‘Hurt, my lord,’ she said haughtily. ‘I am beyond hurting. I am angry that other people’s enjoyment of the play was spoiled by a handful of idle ne’er-do-wells.’

      ‘So am I, believe me. Please allow me to take you home. You cannot walk through the streets alone at this time of night. Anything could happen.’

      She smiled slowly in the darkness. ‘You are concerned for my safety?’

      ‘Naturally I am.’

      ‘And you would walk with me?’

      ‘If you prefer that to riding in my carriage, then I will be honoured to do so.’

      ‘Then send your carriage home. It is not fair on the horses to keep them waiting so long.’

      He turned and instructed his coachman to take the equipage home, then offered her his arm. She laid her fingers upon it and together they strolled off in the direction of Oxford Street. He would have to walk home from there, but she did not care. It served him right.

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