Chapter Twenty-Six
“Ellen’s right. If Mrs. Rutledge loves you, then that is all she needs,” Diana agreed.
“Offer her yourself and your love and you will have offered her the most precious gift,” Lady Ayres nodded.
“But… but is that enough? I’m not—” he stuttered.
“If it is not, she is not the woman you should marry, sir,” Lady Gorling stated.
Everyone agreed.
“Do you… do you think she might be willing to accept merely… me?” he asked incredulously.
“Well, it might help if you were willing to move to America with her,” Ellen offered. “You know that is what she wants to do. She is bound here only by her inheritance.”
“Yes! Yes, you are right. She does want to move back to Boston, or wherever it is, but said that she cannot do so until she figures out a way to take her inheritance with
