CHAPTER SEVENFor a moment it was impossible to speak.
Then Rowena replied,
“I will never marry you! Nothing you can say or do will – make me!”
She saw that the Marquis’s expression did not change as he answered quietly,
“There is, of course, an alternative.”
“What is – that?”
“If you refuse to marry me, I will take you to my house and keep you there for a week. I shall then notify your father and your grandfather where you are and I think you will find that they will both do their best to persuade you to become my wife.”
At first Rowena could hardly understand what he was saying.
Then she gasped,
“You – cannot do – that to me!”
“I can and I will!” the Marquis replied firmly.
She met his eyes defiantly. Then she felt that, while he looked grim and was saying one thing, his eyes w
