April Kihlstrom
“It was merely a matter of one day’s ride on a horse borrowed from Mr. Trowley’s stable to reach the Archbishop of Canterbury, obtain the special license, sit down to a very fine meal and then return to the Trowley household the following day.
Mind you, the Archbishop had not signed the document until after quizzing Rothwood on the marriage. “Precisely why do you wish to marry Miss Trowley and would your father approve?” he asked Edmund.
“I believe my father would approve. But that is ne...ither here nor there for I am the one who must live with whomever I marry,” Rothwood replied. “As for why Miss Trowley? It is a sensible match. My aunt and her mother are bosom bows. Furthermore, she has been raised with a suitable understanding of propriety and she looks up at me adoringly and agrees with all my opinions. In short, she will be precisely the sort of dutiful wife I require.”
The Archbishop quirked a skeptical eyebrow upward at Rothwood’s words, and Rothwood found himself adding, somewhat testily, “I may be young but I am not so foolish as to forget what is due my family name.MoreLess
Mind you, the Archbishop had not signed the document until after quizzing Rothwood on the marriage. “Precisely why do you wish to marry Miss Trowley and would your father approve?” he asked Edmund.
“I believe my father would approve. But that is ne...ither here nor there for I am the one who must live with whomever I marry,” Rothwood replied. “As for why Miss Trowley? It is a sensible match. My aunt and her mother are bosom bows. Furthermore, she has been raised with a suitable understanding of propriety and she looks up at me adoringly and agrees with all my opinions. In short, she will be precisely the sort of dutiful wife I require.”
The Archbishop quirked a skeptical eyebrow upward at Rothwood’s words, and Rothwood found himself adding, somewhat testily, “I may be young but I am not so foolish as to forget what is due my family name.MoreLess
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