She smiled at him, though her hazel-green eyes were wary beneath the brim of a sodden hat. Right at that moment, staring at her across the hall, Gideon Shaw, cynic, hedonist, drunkard, libertine, fell hopelessly in love.

“Win told me that one isn’t improved by being at the top of the mountain, one is…”

“You'll be my wife," he said inexorably."You want to own me!" she accused, tryin…”

“in my opinion some things about you would not change no matter what has happene…”

“I’ll leave you here to finish your, er…conversation.” As he withdrew from the r…”