“I don’t want to offend them by turning down their Adonis. I want him to choose Miss Falconer. Not that there’s any danger of him choosing me.” Somehow, I wasn’t explaining myself well, and I was now quite red. This was not the kind of thing a girl likes to discuss with a prospective sweetheart! And Simon was listening in an intent way that didn’t help me along at all. “Why do you say that?” he asked. “Good gracious, Simon! Look at her!” I gestured to where she was standing with the prince right now, listening to him with an expression of utter absorption in his words, her hair lit by the sun.
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