Even if your last name is Dunster.”Įmma closed her eyes, knowing it was true and nearly ready to cry over the unfairness of it all. And the workers aren’t going to want to take orders from you. Most of our clients will be reluctant to do business with a woman. I built Dunster Shipping up from nothing, and Lord knows I want to pass it on to my own flesh and blood. “Emma, you and I both know that there is no one I would rather leave the company to than you. “But there is still so much more for me to know! How am I going to take over eventually if I don’t learn all I can now?” “Emma, Dunster Shipping will still be here when you get back.” At last, the real reason why Emma didn’t want to leave Boston. “What about the company?” she said softly. “You couldn’t stop talking about how much you loved it last time we went.”Įmma swallowed and caught her lower lip nervously between her teeth. “You adore England,” John countered, his voice bordering on exasperation. If you’re an ocean away, he might finally look elsewhere for a bride.” It’s all the more reason for you to leave town. “I only wish Stephen would realize the fruitlessness of it. “And he would bore you senseless,” John finished gently. “Your concern for your only child is touching,” Emma muttered. You would drive him crazy within a week.” But it was obvious even then that you would never suit. “When you were ten I might have entertained thoughts of a future match between the two of you. You shouldn’t raise the poor boy’s hopes just because you don’t want to go to London.”
“For God’s sake, Emma! You don’t care two figs for young Ramsay. And Stephen Ramsay will be most disappointed if I leave so suddenly. “What about all of my friends? I shall miss them all dreadfully. And I’m sure that the little that is necessary can be most ably performed by Mrs. There are a thousand reasons why I simply cannot leave Boston at the present time.” “Of course not! I just think that a change of scenery will do you good.” “You’re sailing back with them tomorrow, and that’s final. It’s not as if I haven’t seen them recently.” “But they’ve been visiting for two months. Henry and Caroline love you like their own, and you told me yourself that you like Belle and Ned better than any of your friends in Boston.” “I don’t see why this is such a hardship.
“Yes, well, you’re older now.” He cleared his throat a few times and sat back. “I just think that you ought to see a little more of the world, that’s all.” John Dunster shifted uncomfortably in his chair. You’re just going to spend a year in London with your cousins.” “Don’t be so dramatic,” her father replied. Emma Dunster’s violet eyes were wide open with shock and dismay.
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