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.”“It wasn't public a moment ago,” Mimi pointed out.“She's not a lady, she's a princess, and I'm going to marry her.You should try it some time, coz.”“I shall.I am going to marry Harriet Cooper.”Mimi clapped her hands.“That's splendid!”“Another of your plots?” Simon asked suspiciously.“Of course.All my projects always turn out for the best.”Gerald laughed.“I'm in no position to quarrel with that, ma'am.Am I to take it, coz, that you have informed your betrothed of your true rank?”“Say rather that she has restored me to it.” A look of understanding passed between the two cousins.Lady Elizabeth's cruel enchantment was finished and to be forgotten.Simon would never again doubt his own worth.“My lord, my lord!” Henry sank to his knees beside them in his excitement.“I may serve you again? I may send for your trunks?”“Good gad no! I mean, yes, you may serve me, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let you torture me with fashion again.”“A few alterations,” the valet murmured hopefully.“I trust you do not mean to continue to offend my eyes with the appalling garments you have been wearing these past weeks?” Gerald demanded.“They're not appalling!” Mimi flared up in defense of her beloved.“Simon shall wear what he wants and be comfortable.”“Thank you, my love.Now do go away, you two.” Simon made a shooing gesture.“My princess and I have some unfinished business to complete.Where were we?”“You were about to say that Papa can have my fortune for an orphanage,” Mimi reminded him as Gerald and Henry departed.“Was I?”“Yes.” Her kiss was most persuasive.“All right, I'll make a bargain.I shall forgo your dowry if you promise that when we are married you will perform your scandalous Indian dance for me.”Her eyes lit with a familiar spark of mischief.“Oh yes,” she said, “I promise.Let's get married soon!”Copyright © 1992 by Carola DunnOriginally published by WalkerElectronically published in 2001 by Belgrave House/Regency ReadsALL RIGHTS RESERVEDNo portion of this book may be reprinted in whole or in part,by printing, faxing, E-mail, copying electronically or by anyother means without permission of the publisher.For moreinformation, contact Belgrave House, 190 Belgrave Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94117-4228http://www.RegencyReads.comElectronic sales: ebooks@regencyreads.comThis is a work of fiction.All names in this publication arefictitious and any resemblance to any person living or dead is coincidental
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