The Duke And I
She wasn't certain, and when Henry saw it in her face, he said, "He was a man of his times, I suppose, bound by certain rules of society in spite of... leanings in other another direction."
Looking him straight in the eye, Cassy said bluntly, "I have the feeling that there is something you know that you don't want to say directly."
"I try never to say anything directly," he said with a mocking smile. "It makes it so much easier to deny later."
Shifting uneasily, Cassy hesitated before she tried again. "Was my grandfather a noble man?"
"A nobleman?"
"No, a good and decent man."
"Ah. That I can answer directly, my lady. Yes, he was a good and decent man."
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