We are hidiously rich Annabelle-- and I've got three older brothers, all unmarried. Would you consider one of them? If you like, I'll have one shipped across the Atlantic for your inspection." -Lillian Bowman

Separately they had different strengths. Together they were complete.

I love you, Marks. My heart is completely and utterly yours. And unfortunately for you, the rest of me comes with it.

Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.

What you should really be sorry for," he continued, "is that for the rest of my life, I'll have to avoid wine cellars to keep from thinking about you." "Why? Was kissing me that bad?" A devil-solf whisper. "No sweetheart. It was that good.

But the absence of tears wasn't the same as an absence of feeling.

Marriage would change hardly anything between us, except that we would end our arguments in a much more satisfying way. And of course I would have extensive legal rights over your body, your property, and all your individual freedoms, but I don't see what's so alarming about that.