The will to
live had returned. It is
I who am persecuted by the man who calls himself your husband. ’
Captain Roding stared at her, his jaw dropping, while Lucilla hastily turned
away, although Melusine caught the laughter in her face. ”
“I love you with all my heart from the first day I saw
you. The
subject matter was generally worthless, but the handling was well done. "Ay. ’
The shift threw Melusine’s attention off the errant major for the moment. ”
So they talked on whilst supper was served, falling easily into the spirit of the
place, and yet both of them conscious of some new thing underlying the gaiety
of their tongues and manner. She was
too wrapped up in the sheer joy of playing again; it had
201
been intimate, masturbatory. ’
A peal of delighted laughter greeted this threat. She felt she
had stepped into a world of unknown usages. To recreate the era, I deliberately tried to avoid creating a
thinly disguised bodice ripper where an
“empowered” woman mouthed off to prospective
suitors in jerkins and tights, in other words, a typical
romance novel.
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