Like a GentlewomanChapter 5 Marriage
Esther answered the questions the vicar asked her. Lord George answered his own. Lord George slipped a ring on her finger, and then he kissed her. The kiss was less arousing than the ones in the curricle had been, but she was very nervous. She was also married. She had wanted to be married to this man, but being married to him frightened her. They went off together in his coach with Dorcas and George’s man sitting across from them. Then they were in his family’s house. The meal was heavy,...