There had been one mésalliance in the family some years ago when one of their cousins, when she was nearly middle-aged and despairing of ever finding a husband, had married a Danish Diplomat. The scandal had reverberated throughout the family. She had been criticised, abused and even ostracised for such behaviour in such an exaggerated manner that Tora felt they could hardly have said more if she had run away with a criminal. “Royal Blood can only mix with Royal Blood
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fatimahj07цитируетв прошлом году
The man she loved would be alive and how could she live in a Convent or anywhere else thinking of him having a wife and children while she denied herself everything but the memory of a few kisses
Unusual for a Cartland character to have a spine…
fatimahj07цитируетв прошлом году
However she thought it beneath her dignity to ask too many questions
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fatimahj07цитируетв прошлом году
and there are, of course, many crowned heads we are related to in one way or another.”
Incest…
fatimahj07цитируетв прошлом году
intelligence told her there was no point in crying, even though it was something she longed to do
That’s not intelligence, that’s common sense…
fatimahj07цитируетв прошлом году
Tora had touches of red in her hair, which was characteristic of Hungarian women, while her eyes held the mystery and the loveliness of the Rumanians, her skin and the athletic grace of her figure undoubtedly owed a good deal to Serbia