Seeing that his sister said nothing, Hibbert stopped his incessant talking for the moment.
His last remark had been that, if the two of them could get married, the family would use every resource at its disposal to hold the grandest wedding in all of Loen for them. It would be even more magnificent than a royal wedding!
Hibbert raised his head and studied his sister sitting opposite him. In the faint light of the carriage's wall lamp, Audrey's fair cheeks were slightly flushed, and even her ears seemed to be burning. Her eyes were lowered, as though she was avoiding his gaze.
Was she embarrassed?
That made sense. Bringing up these subjects out of nowhere with a girl who had only recently come of age would probably leave her struggling to recover for a while.
So... was it really just as Father and I thought? Hibbert wondered to himself.
Were Audrey and Viscount Scott really lovers?
As her elder brother, Hibbert prided himself on understanding his sister's temperament. Audrey was intelligent, but she was also a young woman raised with a traditional aristocratic education. When discussing a sensitive subject like her own marriage, she certainly should not have reacted like this if she truly had nothing to do with the man.
To Hibbert, this silence seemed more like a tacit admission! She really could ask Viscount Scott for help!
Hibbert knew that his speech just now had been less a proposal for a marriage alliance than a plea for Audrey to ask Viscount Scott to intervene on their behalf.
After all, the Hall Family no longer had any worthwhile bargaining chips. Although he had waxed eloquent about a generous dowry and a magnificent wedding to reassure his sister, those had been nothing but empty promises. If the Hall Family