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“Good,” he replied. “Women should be permitted to fight their own battles. In my view, gallantry’s overrated and often walks hand in hand with insincerity.”
Miss Claybone’s eyes widened and the corners of her mouth lifted into a smile as they stared at each other.
Alice exchanged a glance with her husband and smiled. “I believe Miss Claybone may have met her match,” she whispered. “There’s a sprinkling of love there, I think.”
“What—our neighbor and Miss Claybone?” Ross shook his head. “You do talk nonsense sometimes, my love.”
“Look at them,” Alice said.
The subjects of their conversation had stopped arguing, and Miss Claybone was showing Edward how to hold Edwina properly. As they chatted, she reached up and brushed her hand along Edward’s arm, as if removing a speck of dust from his sleeve, and a slow smile crept across his lips at the gesture.
“I think, with a little encouragement, the magic of Christmas will ignite the spark of love,” Alice said. “We’ve been blessed with two miracles this holiday and, as you know, miracles always come in threes.”
The End
