Whakarāpopototanga
He nama honore a Emma Costello ki tetahi o nga rangatira rangatira o te ao. He rite tonu te hara o te Ariki ko Ragsdale i te mea he tangata whai rawa, he ngakau kore ano he ataahua. Engari i muri i tana whakaoranga i a Emma mai i te oranga o te noho pononga me te whakama, ka whakatau ia ko tana ake mahi ki te whakaora ia ia i ana mahi poauau. . . te kore tana whakaaetanga.
I haere mai te Ariki rangatira a Ragsdale ki te awhina i a Emma, i whakaora ia ia i te ngana a te tangata nanakia ki te pehi ia ia ki roto i te mahi taurekareka. I oati ia ki te awhina ia ia ki te whakarereke i ona huarahi kia moe ai ia i tetahi wahine o te hapori. Engari i whakarere noa iho ia i te parai parai ka ruku ki roto i nga ringa ahi o tenei rake ripeneta? A Regency romance taketake.
"Kaua e tangi, Emma," ka mea ia.
“Kare au e tangi,” ka amuamu ia, ka ngana ki te muru i nga roimata.
"Mauruuru mo tera," ka whakahoki ia, ka mau tonu tana reo. " 'I runga i taku kupu, e Emma, ko taku tumanako e rima mano pauna koe."
Ko te Ariki ingoa kino a Ragsdale he taonga rite ki te hara, he rite te hara ki a ia he taonga, he ngakau kore ano he ataahua. Engari i muri i tana whakaoranga i a Ema mai i te oranga o te noho pononga me te whakama, ka whakatau a Emma ko tana ake mahi ki te whakaora ia ia mai i ana mahi kino.
Hipanga tuatahi - Kati tana inu, tana petipeti, me tana poaka.
Hipanga tuarua - kia wehe ia ki tana rangatira rangatira, ki a Fae Moullé, me te huri i a ia hei kaikawe pai mo te wahine tino pai mo te wahine rangatira a Clarissa Partridge.
Hipanga tuatoru – kaua e aroha ki a ia.