“Though you are near to driving me mad.” “I?” “Indeed. I always said you would be a dreadful suitor, Will, and you are nigh on proving it.” “Truly?” Will said. “You have come back from death like the ghost of Old Marley, but to nag me about my romantic prospects?” “What prospects? You’ve taken Tessa on so many carriage rides, I’d wager she could draw a map of London from memory, but have you proposed to her? You have not. A lady cannot propose to herself, William, and she cannot tell you she loves you if you do not state your intentions!” Will shook his head. “Jessamine, you are incorrigible.”
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