by Jane Goodger
“It’s all right. Everything is fine now and we’re very happy.”
“You didn’t plan it, did you?”
Katherine shook her head. “No. I didn’t.”
“I knew you didn’t. But . . .”
“I understand. Graham and I never were very discreet. It was bound to happen. And now we’re both very glad it did.”
“Oh, that’s wonderful,” Marjorie said. “I was going to write, but I didn’t know quite what to say.”
“Please, you are forgiven. You only did what you thought was right. And what of you? Are you here with Mr. Norris?”
Marjorie looked slightly taken aback. “No,” she said quickly. Then, “Yes. No. Well, yes.”
Katherine laughed. “Which is it?”
“Yes. But we’re not a couple. Not really. It’s a long and very ridiculous story. I find him extremely onerous, as a matter of fact.”
“He is handsome. And rich.”
“No title,” Marjorie pointed out with a laugh. “And besides, he’s half in love with someone else.”
“There is always Lord Mandeville,” Katherine said.
Marjorie laughed at the mention of the doddering old widower. “I’m so glad you’re not angry.”
“I was angry,” Katherine said. “But that lasted only until Graham came to his senses.”
The two women returned, arm in arm, to the parlor where Miss Tietjens would soon sing. Katherine immediately spotted Graham off to one side still talking to Mr. Norris. He looked up and smiled, then scowled at something Mr. Norris said.
When the two women reached the men, Mr. Norris said, “Lady Avonleigh, did you know that your husband once made a mockery of me for having the audacity to fall in love?”
Katherine pressed her lips together to stop from smiling. “It does sound like something he would do.”
“What in heaven’s name did you do to him, my lady?” Mr. Norris asked.
Katherine looked up at Graham, her eyes shining. “I made him smile.”
Jane Goodger lives in Rhode Island with her husband and three children. Jane, a former journalist, has written and published numerous historical romances. When she isn’t writing, she’s reading, walking, playing with her kids, or anything else completely unrelated to cleaning a house. You can visit her website at www.janegoodger.com.
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