Horatia said eagerly: "Oh, you will take m-me instead?"

"No," said Rule, with a faint smile. "I won't do that. But I will engage not to marry your sister. It's not necessary to offer me an exchange, my poor child."

"B-but it is!" said Horatia vigorously. "One of us m-must marry you!

Autore: Georgette Heyer