“Now we must follow French traditions, which will be very important to us in the future. And there is one which is especially prevalent in France.”
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She was well aware that her stepmother would be furious and intensely
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jealous when she learnt that she had married a Duc
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But Lencia was aware that her stepmother gave her a hard look as if to say that she had no intention of including her in her parties.
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The Vicomte Bethune?” the Countess said. “I should most certainly like to meet him. I believe he is a very good-looking
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The Earl suggested that he might go with them, but their stepmother stopped that idea immediately
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“You are quite certain, my precious one, that you do not mind being married secretly and with a rather short Service as I am a Roman Catholic and you are not.”
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am a Frenchman and I cannot imagine anything I shall enjoy more than dressing you as only a Frenchman can to make you even more beautiful
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Please, darling, arrange it. I want Alice to be happy and she will never be happy living with our stepmother
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I will be honest with you,” the Duc said, his eyes twinkling, “My sister and her husband were thinking of arranging a marriage for Pierre