Before the Scandal by Suzanne Enoch p.132

Lord Donnelly fancied himself a poet. And apparently ‘Elizabeth’ was meant to rhyme with ‘fine, turned earth’ for her eyes.

Lord Donnelly is the villain who is courting the hero’s sister for his own nefarious purposes. His poetic efforts were… um… intercepted.

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