Emma looked up at her cousin.
"Money is here in London: my grandfather never trusted the colonial banks and kept most of the state in the metropolis." I guess my parents did not see the point in translating them into the States.
"But here no banker will give you money before the due date."
"Unless I get married," Emma reminded her, and her heart began to beat faster.
"What do you mean?"
- Tell me, is it difficult to get a special license for marriage?
"Not particularly, if you know who to turn to."
"I believe Alex knows the right people." Emma snapped her fingers. "And you?"
- Wait, you said that Ashburn did not make you an offer this weekend ...
"But that does not mean that I can not make an offer to him."
There was a mistrust in Ned's eyes:
"I have never heard of anything like
