Oh, come now, you two,” Lady Manston said, “surely....

“ Oh, come now, you two,” Lady Manston said, “surely it can be no surprise that I have long hoped for an alliance between the Rokesbys and Bridgertons.” “Alliance?” Billie echoed, and all George could think was that it was a terrible, clinical word, one that could never encompass all that he had come to feel for her. ”

Julia Quinn

From : Because of Miss Bridgerton