![]() ![]() “But it’s early yet,” one of the women protested, even though most everyone had retired hours ago. If you ladies will excuse me.” He inclined his head and stepped back. “While all that is undoubtedly true,” he said to the small group of mothers and chaperones, “I fear it is time for me to return to my room. Now he did this without even thinking, the effort so rote he’d forgotten why he started doing it in the first place. He knew how to put others at ease and make them feel important. ![]() He’d spent a lifetime perfecting a genuine-sounding laugh, a grin to win over the hardest of hearts. Dazzled everyone in attendance without breaking a sweat. Over coffee and port, he joked and smiled, nodded and winked. “This house party would be dreadfully dull without you.” Since the end of dinner service, Kit had held court in the drawing room, with no less than eight pairs of eyes on him at all times. Chateau de Falaise Newport, 1895 “You are the most adorably charming man,” the older woman said as she patted Kit’s arm. ![]()
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