Children,โ Lady Bridgerton said with a sigh as she retook her seat. โI am never quite certain if Iโm glad I had them.
Julia QuinnShe could not bear the thought. She simply could not bear the thought that she might somehow prove to her grandfather that her mother had indeed been a fool and her father had been a damned fool and that she was the damnedest fool of them all.
Julia QuinnThe two of you together are a menace,โ Penelope remarked. โMy aim in life,โ Lady Danbury announced, โis to be a menace to as great a number of people as possible, so I shall take that as the highest of compliments, Mrs. Bridgerton.โ โWhy is it,โ Penelope wondered, โthat you only call me Mrs. Bridgerton when you are opining in a grand fashion?โ โSounds better that way,โ Lady D said, punctuating her remark with a loud thump of her cane.
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