Levenbane grunted and reached for the wine at his side. As long as Lady Penelope is agreeable, of course.” “I have no particular timetable,” he said. “Don't you?”Ĭolin gave a languid wave of his hand. I think it is well past time we made it official,” Levenbane said. “We've edged around this thing long enough. Nonetheless, when the earl settled back in his seat and pierced Colin with that infamous stare, Colin experienced a definite prickling at the back of his neck. In short, Colin was fairly certain he could outrun the man, if things turned sour. Lord Levenbane had thirty more years of multi-course meals and idle days to expand his person to an impressive girth, along with a bad knee that necessitated a cane. Admittedly, he was thirty years the man's junior, and currently the recipient of a scowl that would down a pheasant at a hundred paces. It was one of the rare points of agreement across the whole of the peerage. The Earl of Levenbane was a frightening man.
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