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Laethan
His heart sank as Lady Isabel practically ran from the corner. He hadn’t intended to frighten her, and now it seemed he had with his over-eager behavior. He'd gotten too bold and upset her, and now he had to apologize. He saw her flee to the safety of dowager corner and knew he'd have to make that apology heartfelt and earnest.
From everything he'd read about Isabel—and there was always at least one mention of her each week during the season in one or the other of the three papers he subscribed to—the duke of Caversham's only daughter was purportedly aloof and stand-offish, thus gaining her the title Lady Ice. But that contradicted other things written about her, such as her volunteering on philanthropic committees and such. She'd been out for several years. Surely she was acc
