Ackerly, a widow now betrothed to Sir Lyndon Mather. “ Find out everything you can about a Mrs. However, in the carriage, Ian has a task for Curry: quote “I’ll write it out for you then, m’lord?”Īnd so Curry, Ian’s faithful valet, helps Ian seal the deal and they leave with the box. He had no idea how long he’d sat there studying the droplet of ink until he heard Mather say, “Damnation, he really is mad, isn’t he?” The droplet fell down, down, down to splash on the page, gone to its death in a spatter of black ink. If his brother Mac could paint something this exquisite, this beautiful, Ian would treasure it. He wished he could savor it’s perfection forever, but he knew that in a second it would fall from the pen and be lost. The sphere was perfect, shining, a wonder. He stared at the droplet, something inside him singing at the perfection of the ball of ink, the glistening viscosity that held it suspended from the nib. He bent down to write and caught sight of the droplet of black ink hanging on the nip in a perfect, round sphere. “ Ian set aside the brandy and dipped his pen in the ink. Ian stays firm and they finally agree on one thousand guineas. Ian wonders what would bring a woman like that to marry Mather - for he is a bounder of the first order, with a house of kept women who assent to his rare proclivities.Īnd perhaps thinking it would sway Ian to a better price, Mather invites Ian to meet his fiance at the opera that night - but of course it doesn’t work. Ian wonders why not give her the bowl itself? But Mather laughs at that - for women don’t know the first thing about porcelain! Besides, she is a beautiful woman and rich in her own right. So Ian stays firm, even when Mather explains the need for the marriage gift.
There were at least five fakes in the glass cases on the other side of Mather’s collection room, and Ian wagered Mather had no idea. If Mather couldn’t tell the value of his pieces, he had no business collecting porcelain. Ian’s rapidly calculating mind had taken in every asset and flaw in ten seconds flat.
He paid fifteen hundred for it! Ian must explain himself! quote Mackenzie offers one thousand guineas and Mathers is displeased. Mather is engaged to be married, and the sale of this bowl will fund his wedding present. Lord Ian Mackenzie is a highly respected collector of ming bowls, and today he’s looking at a bowl available for purchase from Sir Lyndon Mather.
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