shall have to go,’ he said, bending down to murmur into Julia’s ear, hoping it looked as though he was whispering an endearment. ‘But I must speak with you privately at some time today. When can we meet?’
She twisted her own napkin between her fingers. ‘I don’t know. I don’t know. I have a thousand-and-one things to do today.’
‘I won’t have you avoiding me,’ he growled. This was what Lizzie was already doing—coming up with feeble excuses when what they needed to do was sit down in private and talk. ‘If you don’t think of a time and place, I shall hunt you down.’
‘Very well, very well. Oh, um, how about...as soon as you have finished with Papa and Benson? In the orangery.’
He quirked one eyebrow. Really?
She flushed, and lifted her chin.
‘I will be waiting for you there.’
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