Page 70 of The Incurable Matchmaker

"Jack!" Maurice found his voice at last. "But who are you marrying, old chap?"

Lord Kenwood turned back to the group once more, one eyebrow raised. "Did I omit that detail?" he said."How careless of me.Mrs. Diana Ingram, actually."

Silence followed his unhurried withdrawal from the room.

"Well!" Hartley said at last. "Old Jack getting married. Well!"

Rittsman sneered. "One has to pity the poor bride," he said. "One wonders how many weeks or months will pass before Kenwood is back to his old ways."

"Not Jack," Maurice said stoutly. "Jack can have any female he wants—almost—but he will be a loyal husband. Take my word on it."

"Impossible!" Rittsman said scornfully. "Kenwood could not stay faithful to one female if his life depended upon it."

Maurice flushed. "I don't believe he could be unfaithful to a wife if his life depended on it," he said.

Rittsman sneered.

Maurice glared.

"Oh, I say," someone said enthusiastically, "do I smell a wager?"