The Determined Virgin. Elizabeth August
have you killed, Mr. Lawton?” Peter asked abruptly.
“A few. I was a soldier. There were times I was called upon to protect my country,” Garth replied.
Jeanette raised a critical eyebrow in Peter’s direction, indicating she was not pleased with his line of questioning. “My brother thinks very highly of Garth and Tobias is not an easy man to please. Even more, I know you must have been worried about Hesper finding a husband. I know I was. We must give her choice the benefit of the doubt.”
Hesper’s cheeks reddened. Her grandmother had made her sound as if she’d been coming close to stepping over the line into spinsterhood. “A great many women wait to marry these days.”
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