by Merry Farmer
“Yes, they should have,” Ada agreed, having a hard time not giggling.
Their attention was drawn back to the other confrontation as Mary wailed, “But without references, I’ll be on the street. It’ll ruin me.”
“You ruined yourself, girl,” Mrs. Musgrave said, turning away from her.
“No one is ruined,” Wat bellowed, loud enough to silence the discussion and the whispers around it. He turned to Mary. “You know I’d’ve married you at any time, Mar. I guess that time is now. So come on away from this sour lot and be my missus.”
Ada shared a look with Tim that was part mystification, part amusement. Mary let out a pitiful sound and leaned against Wat’s side. He put his arm around her. A few people standing nearest to them took that as a sign of her acceptance and burst into cheers. The band resumed playing where it had left off, and the dance continued on a jovial note.
“Would you care to dance, my lady?” Tim asked, offering his arm to Ada.
“I’d love to, my darling,” she answered.
He swept her into a waltz, and they joined the other dancing couples.
“This may go down in history as the most eventful dance Lanhill has ever had,” Ada laughed.
“I know that it will always hold a special place in my heart,” Tim answered. “It’s the moment when I won the greatest love a man could ever have.”
Ada laughed, her heart feeling light. Things couldn’t have turned out better if she’d orchestrated it herself.
Whew! I think we all need a little rest after that comedy of errors! And we’ll get that rest too. Book Three in The Silver Foxes of Westminster, May Mistakes, which will shift the action up north to the Cumbrian town of Brynthwaite and the lives and love of Miss Elaine Bond and the mysterious Basil Wall, comes out July 20th! But if you’d like a sneak peek and to read a little about the background to that story, be sure to check out A Wild Adventure, part of the West Meets East series.
Oh, I’d also like to say a special thank you to my friend, editor, and assistant, Julie, for taking me to see all of the silly plays her dad likes to act in. Those kinds of farces are exactly what inspired this story!
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Merry Farmer is an award-winning novelist who lives in suburban Philadelphia with her cats, Torpedo, her grumpy old man, and Justine, her hyperactive new baby. She has been writing since she was ten years old and realized one day that she didn't have to wait for the teacher to assign a creative writing project to write something. It was the best day of her life. She then went on to earn not one but two degrees in History so that she would always have something to write about. Her books have reached the Top 100 at Amazon, iBooks, and Barnes & Noble, and have been named finalists in the prestigious RONE and Rom Com Reader’s Crown awards.
Acknowledgments
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my awesome beta-readers, Caroline Lee and Jolene Stewart, for their suggestions and advice. And double thanks to Julie Tague, for being a truly excellent editor and assistant!
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