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"There are difficulties, of course, but—" "Difficulties?" The old woman scoffed. "Impossibilities is a more accurate term. "You are young, Your Highness, and you have a great deal to learn about the world. There are only two kinds of men who can be married to a woman in your position. Men who do not love you but rather love power and position and pri nike air max turbulence vilege. And men who love you to the exclusion of everything else. Men who love you better than they love themselves. They have no pride, no strength, no sense of themselves. Frankly, such men are not worth loving in return. They are little better than lapdogs." "Matthew is hardly a lapdog." Lady Stanwick heaved an annoyed sigh. "Of course he isn't. A man like my grandson cannot possibly survive in your world. He is not cut out to be a consort for a princess." "I do not intend him to be." A hard note edged T nike air max womens atiana's words. Lady Stanwick considered her for a tense moment, then nodded slowly. "But can you give it all up, Your Highness?" "Yes." Sympathy showed in the older woman's eyes. "You will pay a dreadful price. I know, my dear; I watched your aunt pay it. "She lived her life in quiet resignation. She retired from the world when she married Worthington, spending the rest of her days in that drafty old castle of hers. She scarcely left it at all, either before the earl's death or after. And when her daughter married, she lived there alone save for her stepson." "But when Sophia gave up the life she knew, she was escaping. She was running away from danger and pain and despair." Tatiana leaned toward the other woman. "I am running toward the man I love and cherish with all my heart. Anything I give up for him is not a sacrifice; it is nothing more than a burden if it keeps us apart." "It sounds so noble and selfless in theory. But can you really give up your title and family and country for my grandson?" Lady Stanwick settled back in her chair and studied her intently. "And can you live with yourself afterward?" "Yes," Tatiana said without hesitation. "I have given this a great deal of thought for a very long time. In many ways I have no choice." She smiled ruefully. "I have tried, but I cannot live without him. I am well aware of all that I will lose, but it pales in comparison to what I will gain." "Oh, dear." Lady Stanwick sighed. "You are very much in love. Such love ends as often in tragedy as it does in joy." Tatiana laughed. "Well, nike air max wright then there is at least half a chance." Lady Stanwick fell silent, her fingers plucking at a thread on the arm of the chair. "He loves you, you know." "I am confident of <a href="http://anfu.putianb2b.com/"><strong>莆田安福商城网址</strong></a> it." "A great deal, I suspect." She raised her gaze to meet Tatiana's. "So much so that he would be willing to accompany you back to Avalonia." Tatiana shook her head. "I would never allow that." " nike air max 1 Never?" "No," she said firmly. 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