Now, will you do me the honour of lunching with me, Miss Pellissier?” Anna hesitated. Peste, but everything had become difficult. ’ ‘Nonsense. The Frenchman had moved back into Piccadilly from Down Street, at which the lad following him had immediately sauntered away a yard or two. Unless he has dealings with the devil, he could never have done this alone. ” “You have not told me yet,” Annabel said, “how it is that you have dared to personate me. Jonathan is capable of anything. They are mine! They were sent to ‘Alcide’ not to you. ” Ramage looked at her, and then fell into deep reflection as the waiter came to paragraph their talk again. “David,” she said, “you are not a coward, are you?” “I do not know,” he muttered. “By Jove!” he exclaimed. Her heart was beating with quite unaccustomed vigour, her hands were hot, she was conscious of a warmth in her blood which the summer sunshine was scarcely responsible for. ’ ‘What for?’ asked Gerald, half laughing, as he put his hand in his pocket and brought out his elegant pistol. He had abandoned his oars, and the boat was drifting with the stream towards the enemy. FREE DOWNLOAD! Join my Readers’ Club and get a free download of another Georgian romance, FATED FOLLY, a sweet and poignant tale of the ogre and the minx.