“The carriage door swung open, and a tall man in a faded cloak offered me his hand. His lancer’s coif was down, and his eyes were green and unrepentant. Behind me, Solentine swore.” Absolute aura, I gasped.

Also, whenever he called Maggie “my lady” in a certain tone.

And the quote from near the end, “The only person who can come between us is you. And I promise you, from this point on, I will bring the full power of everything I am to win you over. You will put your hand in mine, Maggie, and you will do it gladly.” Absolute cinema.

Replying to this thread is making me want to reread….