Thistle wrinkled her nose at Daffy's suggestion.  "We don't need you and mum trying to play matchmaker.  There will be no living with her once you're married."  Them finding potential matches might have bought her a reprieve but eventually her mother would have two less daughters to focus on marrying off.  "Unless, of course, either of them have brothers..." she raised her brows at Zinnia with a conspiratorial smirk "They are both very handsome."

"Be careful with those types."  She added with a knowing shake of her head.  "The sort that want a dance, a bit of your time, maybe even a bit of your heart-"  She played with a loose thread on the pillow in her lap. "- But not your hand."

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