"You shouldn't say 'I can't,' Elizabeth; you should say 'I'll try'."
It is really surprising what one can do when one tries.
Chapter Twelve
"What would we have done without the duke?" I murmured a moment later.
"There's a more important question than that to be answered," said Blakely; "we have still to decide what we shall do with the duke."
"I don't understand."
"It's my charming way of breaking news gently, sweetheart."
"Bad news?"
"Not exactly. It may annoy you."