" I got the housekeeper’s letter this morning, so I drove here to consult with Blakeborough, hoping he might know more. That Jane might have bent the rules of propriety to write to her fiancé.”
Blakeborough was watching Jane closely. “As I told your uncle, however, you never bend the rules of propriety.”
The blush that stained her cheeks made Dom want to leap between her and the earl to defend her honor. But since the man hadn’t actually impugned it, that would alert the man to the fact that her honor needed defending.
Still, it was clear Blakeborough had noticed her blush, for his gaze flicked suspiciously between her and Dom. “Of course, I was glad to hear that Jane was among friends. I shouldn’t have liked to think of her riding the roads alone. "

― Sabrina Jeffries , If the Viscount Falls (The Duke's Men, #4)