"I'm not your gilded prince with the gilded chairs, Letty," Geoff said simply. "I couldn't be if I tried." "I wouldn't want you to be." Letty's voice felt rusty. "I'm not particularly bold or dashing or heroic. I'm happier at my desk than in a black cloak. And I've never entirely mastered all the steps of the quadrille." He looked soberly down at her. "But what I am is yours, if you'll still have me."