Caroline looked around.
"Did you say something, dear?"
- Oh nothing. - Emma immediately turned away.
"Ashbourne will not dare leave without greeting the landlady," Lady Summerton explained. "I'm sure he'll be here soon."
- I also. Dunford did not take his eyes off Emma, she was against the desire to smile.
"Are you all right, dear?" Caroline asked her. - Are you no longer worried about a headache?
- No, my head is completely gone.
"Yet you are a little pale." What's the matter?
"Nothing, absolutely nothing, but ... in truth, I feel a little tired. Maybe I'll feel better if I take a breath of fresh air ...
Dunford immediately offered Emma a hand, expressing the intention to carry her into the garden and secretly hoping to provoke the jealousy of the duke.
"I will gladly be your co
