![]() ![]() “The girl couldn’t do better than to marry you!” “Don’t you care in the least about what you’re doing to me-and to Daisy?”Ī hint of red crept back into his father’s cheeks. James couldn’t stop himself from asking one more thing, though, God knows, he already knew the answer. “You see,” his father said, a smile spreading across his face now that the conversation was over, “it all came well. ![]() ![]() I suppose if I agree to this ridiculous scheme of yours I can expect to look forward to daily humiliation.” “Can’t say I like the way you’ve taken to interrupting me. “I’ve never had a woman as a friend, but Theodora looks like a man, of course, and-” “Your closest friend, eh?” His father was instantly diverted into another train of thought. There would be nothing left within two years, and I will have betrayed my closest friend for no reason.” “If I were to let you keep the estate, you’d fling Daisy’s inheritance after that which you’ve already lost. His father opened his mouth, but James raised a hand. “You might want to pay a special visit to my mother’s grave, if you’re so certain she would have been distressed at the sale of the house, let alone the churchyard.” “Then make your good-byes to Staffordshire,” James said. The next time around, you’ll go to prison.” I will never again take responsibility for any debts you might incur-nor for any theft. But I will not be responsible for you and your harebrained schemes. “I will pay you an allowance, and no one need know except for the solicitors. ![]()
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