“Do you know nothing of society life, you little fool?” he said, shaking her. Startled, she pulled against his grip, but he squeezed tighter. Instead he reached out and gripped her by both arms, pulling her round to face him. When he didn’t move, she reached past him towards the doorknob, certain he would stand aside when he realised she had no intention of staying to listen to any more of this rubbish. In a flash Richard leapt from his seat and reached the door before her, slamming it shut in the startled Martha’s face and standing with his back to it. She made her way towards the door, which started to open as she reached it. Maybe you can bag yourself a wealthy heiress.” “If you want promotion you will have to concoct another plan. Then you want me to sell myself into slavery to some court fop so that you can get promotion.” She threw her napkin down on the table and stood up, her meal untouche d. “Not only do you want me to be disloyal to my mother by cultivating a friendship with people who rejected her for no good reason, but you also want me to go cap in hand, begging for favours from them. “You ask too much of me,” she said after a moment.
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