Miss Ophelia Dantry demanded later that afternoon when Leonora divulged the news of her engagement to her two closest friends. “Why on earth would you agree to such a thing, Leonora? You have so much autonomy now without being bothered with the burden of a husband.” “Not everyone is as opposed to the married state as you are, Fee,” Lady Hermione Upperton said with a roll of her eyes. “To hear you tell it, marriage is a prison for any woman who enters into it. Regardless of the amiability of her husband.” “Since the marriage will never take place,” Leonora assured her friends, “then the matter is neither here nor there. It is merely a ruse to ensure that I am able to gain entrance to the world of the Lords of Anarchy. Though I can assure you both that even if I had to marry Lord Frederick Lisle to find out who killed my brother, I would do it.” She and Freddy had agreed to keep their pact a secret, but she trusted her friends implicitly. “But Frederick?” Ophelia demanded.
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