Does he want me to pretend to court him so others will be clueless he was rejected?
What is with this useless train of thought? The bargain she has to hold out for ends in two weeks which Maisie made hers match. The Social Season shindig is a month. So she could leave well before then, claiming her inheritance and getting on her train. None of this even matters. He doesn’t know he only has two weeks to do whatever he plans, he believes he has a month.
