Besides, you will be far more accessible in Bristol than you would have been with Lord Llandrindon in Thurso.” “I’ve reconciled myself to the fact that it would be easier to push a pea with my nose from here to London than to try and stand in the way of this marriage. I expected you to make a fuss about the betrothal.” “Thank you for being so accommodating, Lillian. “He has a problem with geese.” Her smile turned quizzical. “His charm doesn’t extend to poultry,” she said. “If root vegetables could talk, I’ve no doubt they would say they like him, too.”ĭaisy, who was sitting by the window with a book, looked up with a sudden grin. “-children, animals and the higher order of plants,” Lillian finished sardonically. Swift is liked by everyone in the northern hemisphere, including Westcliff and his friends, my friends, the servants, the neighbors-” “But much as I hate to admit it, that puts us in a minority. Indignation caused Mercedes to puff out her cheeks temporarily, causing her narrow face to resemble a set of inflated fireplace bellows. This preoccupation with nobility is a bit excessive, isn’t it? Let’s put it to rest and try to be happy for Daisy.” “Mother, if Daisy married the royal prince of Luxembourg it still wouldn’t change the fact that the Bowmans are from common stock, and Grandmother-Lord love her-was a dockside washwoman. Lillian, who was feeding the baby, replied in a sardonic tone.
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