Mar 28, 2025
""Ross lifted his good eyebrow. ‘He made an offensive remark.’ ‘What did he say?’ ‘Nothing I should wish to repeat to you.’ ‘Was it about me?’ she asked, scenting as much from the expression of his face and thinking instantly of the Bodrugan party. ‘It was about nobody I have any connection with.’ ‘Why then did you take offence over it?’ ‘Because I chose to.’
They stared at each other, and presently he laughed at her expression. It was as if the fight had done him the good that he claimed. She found herself warming to his attitude of mind.""
