If she had thrown a bomb at him, the Duc could not have been more surprised.
He was used to being pleaded with to be married.
He had therefore assumed that any young woman in France or any other country would agree with alacrity to become his wife.
He had been certain, without anybody saying so, that this was the reason why Lady Marcia had been brought to the château.
He thought that it was going to be very difficult to inform the Earl, if he raised the question, that he did not wish to marry his daughter.
What he had never anticipated for one moment was that the Earl’s daughter would have no wish to become his wife.
Last night, when he had gone to the Marquise’s room and made love to her, he had told himself that all he wanted of life was amusement and gratification.
This meant mak
