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1. UNFORGETTABLE POTRAIT
why? she asked with a bewildered laugh i ve just told you that i m going to have a child out of
wedlock you know what that indicates about my character i am not at all the kind of wife you
require let me be the judge of your character which i find as estimable as ever he smiled into
her pale face do me the honor of becoming my life, amanda there is no need for you to move
far away from family and friends. we would have a very good life together you know we suit
each other i want you . . . and i want this child as well but how can you accept someone else s
bastard as your own? perhaps many years ago i would not have but now i am entering the
autumn of my life and one s perspective changes greatly with maturity i am being offered a
chance at fatherhood and by god i will take it. amanda regarded him with astonished silence,
and then an unwilling laugh escaped her. you surprise me, charles you have surprised me, he
returned, his beard parting with a smile come do not take a long time to consider my proposal it
is hardly flattering if i did accept, she said uncertainly, you would claim this baby as your
own? yes on one condition. you must first tell devlin the truth. i could not in good conscience role
another man of the chance to know his own child. if what you say about him is true, he will
certainly not cause any trouble for us. he will even be glad to be absolved of the responsibility for
you and the child. but we must not begin a marriage with lies. i can t tell him amanda shook
her head decisively she could not conceive what his response might be anger? accusation?
sullen resentment or mockery? oh, she would rather burn at the stake than have to present him
with news of his unborn bastard! amanda, charles said softly it is likely that someday he will
find out. you cannot spend years with that possibility hanging over your head. you must trust
me in this…telling him about the child is the right thing to do after that you have nothing to
fear from devlin. she shook her head unhappily i don t know if it would be fair to any of us if i
agreed to marry you, and i can t be certain that telling jack about the baby is the right thing oh,
i wish i knew what to do! i used to be so certain about the correct choices…i used to think i was
so wise and practical, and now the sterling character i thought i possessed is in shambles, and
charles interrupted with a quiet chuckle. what do you wish to do amanda? the choice is simple
you many go abroad and live among strangers, and raise your child without a father or you may
stay in england and marry a man who respects and cares for you amanda regarded him
uncertainly put that way the choice given to her made everything clear. a curious sense of
relief mingled with resignation caused her eyes to sting charles hartley was so quietly strong,
with a flawless moral compass that amazed her. i had no idea you could be so persuasive,
charles, she said with a sniffle, and he began to smile. in the four months since jack had begun
publishing regular instalments of an unfinished lady it had become a sensation. the clamouring
on the row that section of paternoster now north of st paul s, was deafening each month on
magazine day, and the booksellers representatives all wanted one thing the latest issue of
unfinished lady demand was climbing higher than jack s most optimistic estimations. the
success of amanda s serial publication could be attributed to the excellent quality of the novel,
the intriguing moral ambiguity of the book s heroine, and the fact that jack had paid for
extensive publicity, including advertisements in all the notable london newspapers now
vendors were selling unfinished lady merchandise: a specially created cologne inspired by the
novel, ruby colored gloves similar to the ones the heroine wore, gauzy red lady scarves to be
worn around the throat or tied around the brim of a hat the most requested music at