She was directed to one of the inn’s best bedrooms and went in to find Lord Kennington conducting a quiet but earnest discussion with a black-coated man in a grey full-bottomed wig. They were standing to one side of a large bed, where Potts was lying so unnaturally straight and still that for a b...
Anne grinned at Deborah. “I’ll let down Goliath’s trousers if you want to start unpicking the sleeves.” Deborah nodded. “Okay.” “Good. Thanks, ladies. I’ll go and have a word with the Mothers’ Union. I still don’t know if they’ve d...
A solitary light burned in the hall, where she surprised a sleeping servant, who had not expected to see his mistress for another two hours at least. The jewelled heels of her shoes tapped loudly across the marble floor and up the wide staircase, but the thick rugs on the upper floors deadened al...
The rooms were hot, crowded and noisy and apart from the members of the Belles Dames Club there were few people she knew well. She turned to Lady Wyckenham standing beside her. ‘You are not in spirits, Mama-Nell.’ ‘Oh dear, is it so apparent?’ ‘Only to me, my love, because...