Seduction in Mind

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"It's the same luscious female," Lord Ranelagh murmured, surveying a painting of a scantily clad odalisque in the Royal Academy show. "I'd recognize those breasts anywhere."

"She had more clothes on in the painting you bought in Paris," the young Earl of Airlie said, his gaze intent on the splendid female form. "It looks as though she's become even more-er-emancipated."

Samuel Lennox, the Viscount Ranelagh, heir to an earldom of great fortune, rich in his own right, cast his friend a skeptical glance. "As if all models aren't bohemian by nature. More to the point-since Leighton's painted her, I wonder if the pretty vixen's in London?"

"Why not ask Leighton? Since the painting's not for sale, he might have a special interest in the model."

"Do you know him?"

"Not personally, but my cousin attends his musicals. I'll have George introduce us."

"Now?"

Edward McDonal frowned. "I thought we were going to the Marlborough Club."

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