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He straightened to his full height, and a devilish gleam she'd never seen before appeared in his eye "Well now," he said slowly, "that's not entirely true"

Her cheeks virtually erupted in fla--"

"Are you speaking toto hide his supercilious s to do but brazen it out "I'm extremely embarrassed, Mr Ravenscroft"

"Really? I hadn't noticed"

"And if you were any sort of a gentleentleman," he interrupted "Only when it pleases rumbled a few nonsense words under her breath and then said, "I thought we ht of these s to those at Prewitt Hall"

He stood quite abruptly "That is an excellent idea, Caroline" He held out his arm toward her "Do you require assistance?"

After her shameful reaction to his kiss a few days earlier, Caroline was of the opinion that touching hi observation to make out loud, so she just shook her head and said, "No, I'm quite nimble with this cane"

"Ah, yes, the cane It looks like the antique et it?"

"Perriwick gave it to me"

Blake shook his head as he held open the door for her "I should have surive you the deed to this house if he knehere to find it"

She tossed a mischievous smile over her shoulder as she limped into the hall "And where did you say it was?"

"Sneaky wench I've had it under lock and key since the day you arrived"

Caroline's hter "You trust me so little?"

"You, I trust As for Perriwick…"

By the tiling so hard she had to sit down on the stone steps "You naniardens look quite splendid"