A Very Unusual Wife

As if she knew what she was thinking, the Marquis’s arm tightened around her

I dislike publicity of any sort, for it invariably ends in trouble.”

Remembering how the local people had talked about him and Lady Carstairs

I am sure that this will mean we shall have sightseers knocking on the gates and asking to see Shalom.”

It had been impossible, to the Marquis’s great annoyance, to keep such a purchase secret from the newspapers

She was a beautiful animal with an arched neck and all the characteristics of a pure-bred Arab mare.

She

that Shalom has actually arrived at Dover, and Allah willing, will be here in two days’ time

selling her, he would allow me the privilege of being her owner

She belongs to an Arab Chieftain who I did a good turn for a long time ago. When I heard about the mare

I have bought an Arab mare that is considered by the experts to be the most outstanding horse in the world!”

compelled him to change his mind and to make it on her own terms impossible for him now to approach her