Like you're going to get a Duke to wear a cape and crown of flowers to a wedding in front of his peers and swear to that? He'd be the laughingstock of the ton!
Have you read Bewitched by Barnett? Great read, not to be taken too seriously. I think of it because the heroine has been spirited away by someone who thinks that the Regency Duke has put too much thought into the expectations of the Ton and too little on what the heroine likes. There's a scene where he utterly breaks down and does a series of rash stupid things in public - specifically to prove his desperation and devotion. And the ton *does* laugh at him.
So it has that scene, but in context the scene works.
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Date: 2005-06-03 05:25 pm (UTC)Have you read Bewitched by Barnett? Great read, not to be taken too seriously. I think of it because the heroine has been spirited away by someone who thinks that the Regency Duke has put too much thought into the expectations of the Ton and too little on what the heroine likes. There's a scene where he utterly breaks down and does a series of rash stupid things in public - specifically to prove his desperation and devotion. And the ton *does* laugh at him.
So it has that scene, but in context the scene works.