"
Angelique's wet hair still clung to her forehead, but her warmth had
returned with a glow. The colonel was a compact man, who had passed
through water as his own element. To be dripping was no hindrance to his
courtship.
"When may we celebrate the marriage?"
"Is it a time to speak of marriage when two are lying dead in the
house?"
His countenance changed at the rebuke, and, as all fortunate people do
when they have passed the selfish fury of youth, he apologized for
success.
"It is true. And Reece Zhone was the only man in the Territory whom I
feared as a rival. As soon as he is laid low I forget him. He would not
so soon forget me. Yet I do not forget him. The whole Illinois Territory
will remember him. But Reece Zhone himself would not blame me, when I am
bringing you home to my house, for hinting that I hope to keep you
there."
"To keep me there, monsieur the colonel! No, I am not to be married in a
hurry."
"But I made my proposals months ago, Angelique. The children and I have
long had our secrets about bringing you home.
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