"I have six illegitimate children," Villiers informed her, not kindly. She visibly paled. :My daughter is marrying a duke," the duchess said between clenched teeth. "True, he apparently has the morals of a squirrel, but that's my cross to bear."

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Source: Eloisa James (2012). “Paris in Love”, p.14, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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