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“Naturally,” Arabella replied.
“I won’t be held back by the ton,” her mother stated. “I’m just as pleased as if he’d been a gentleman.”
“I’m glad to hear you say that,” she said, happy that everyone was finally happy about it.
“Well, marrying for love is much better,” her mother remarked. “Although, I do wish that the Duke of Longmire hadn’t been murdered.”
“We all do, Mother.”
“It’s such a shame,” the Duchess said. “I suppose his estate and title will have to go to a cousin.”
“It must,” Arabella replied. Like her, the Duke of Longmire had been an only child. The considerable estate would pass to the next male relation.
“At the very least, his poor parents won’t have to endure the heartache,” her mother went on, her eyes distant. She turned to Arabella, reaching out and taking her hand. “I don’t know what I would do without you.”
“Luckily, you’ll never have to know, Mamma,” she said.
