Marry me and make an honest man of me in my butler’s
eyes.” He kissed her. “Marry me and save me from having to chase loose women for the rest of my life.”
He kissed her again. “Marry me, darling,” he said once more against her lips. “Because I adore you.

“He walked to Brooks’s, intending to drink a glass of port, eat a joint of beef,…”

“Olivia watched him through a blur of tears, despising the futility of it. For t…”

“This was why I did what I did," she whispered. "I looked at those men at the ba…”

“You long to jump off, but you just can’t work up the nerve, so you tell yoursel…”