Chapter 36

that would be a different matter altogether . The only way he could see her getting money was througn her little cousin . He had first started to make love to Margaret one week - end when he'd had to come to the castle on business connected with Sir Archibe's involved affairs ; he had been a very junior member of the firm then , and it had flattered him when he was asked to Kilrossan Castle and found that he was treated as a valued friend .

His first impression of Margaret was of a great clumsy hoyden , ungainly in figure and in gait . Then that first evening she had come down in a gown with a long full skirt , hiding her feet and ankles , and giving her grace . He had looked into her lovely eyes , decided that there were possibilities about her ; and when she had suggested a stroll down by the creek he had taken it as a distinct invitation to make love to her After that it had been easy Margaret was avid for love ; she lived a very lonely retired life , since her father cou