He squeezed his eyes shut, not certain whether the motion was meant to urge the memory or dispel it. Georgette Heyer would turn over in her grave at the lack of chaperones but at least this set things up for an amazing and very funny scene when all the brothers turn up together to defend Eloise's honour.

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Also: the bit that really stuck with me, besides the chattel scene, was the bit where Phillip tells Eloise that their marriage was perfection to him, so she couldn't complain about anything. However, I did think it was fine to point out how it can completely derail your life to live with someone who has an illness like clinical depression. He yanked on a work shirt; he planned to spend most of the day in the greenhouse, up to his elbows in dirt. Because you’ve never had cancer, you don’t really know what it’s like to suffer, so I’m not going to bother taking you to the doctor to get it fixed.And he certainly should have mentioned that he had two young – and decidedly unruly – children, as much in need of a mother as Phillip is in need of a wife. Anthony would have probably demanded that Sir Phillip come to London to meet the entire family en masse, and Eloise couldn’t imagine a single scenario more likely to scare off a prospective suitor. Even the best parent, believes they are failing, and it was refreshing to get this, quite realistic issue. She only seemed to sink so low late at night; their room was directly above hers, but he’d always assumed they’d been asleep when their mother started to cry. He didn’t know what to do, hadn’t thought he’d ever have to save someone from drowning, so he just did what seemed most sensible and heaved her over his lap, face down, whacking her on the back.

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And if not halfway, then far enough to ensure that they wouldn’t find it too terribly easy to follow her trail.

He supposed he must have alluded to this in one of his many letters to the mysterious Eloise Bridgerton, because he had sent off his proposal of not-quite-marriage-but-maybe-something-leading-up-to-it over a month ago, and the silence on her part had been deafening, especially since she usually responded to his letters with charming alacrity. Not to mention that if they did allow her to go, whether after a protracted battle over the subject or not, they would insist upon sending at least two of their ranks to accompany her. She’s been corresponding by letter to her distant cousin’s widow, and when he suggests marriage, she thinks something she never thought before… maybe. Con A Sir Phillip, con amor no me sucedió lo que con los otros libros: flechazos inmediatos, Isa amando locamente a los personajes, queriendo saber más de la historia, etc.