‘Your knowledge is not in request: you will speak in my name.’
‘Will you consult your lawyers, Russett, before you commit yourself?’
‘I am on my way to Lady Arpington.’
‘You cannot be thinking how serious it is.’
‘I rather value the opinion of a hard-headed woman of the world.’
‘Why not listen to me?’
‘You have your points, ma’am.’
‘She’s a torch.’
‘She serves my purpose.’
Livia shrugged sadly. ‘I suppose it serves your purpose to be unintelligible to me.’