An Extraordinary Flirtation (2004) - Plot & Excerpts
It was the family habit to breakfast informally, from dishes placed on the mahogany sideboard. Rather, the family would be breakfasting informally, if they ever crawled out of bed. Ianthe picked up a piece of muffin and crumbled it on her plate. Cara walked into the room, dressed for riding in a habit fashioned from a shade of blue that matched her eyes, around her throat a froth of white lace. Daisy trailed hopefully after her. “Good morning,” Cara said. She dropped her plumed hat, gloves, and riding crop on a side table, and moved to inspect the dishes on the sideboard. Daisy followed. “No! Bad dog. You have already been fed.” The muffin plate was hardly all the sideboard had to offer. Among the choices were fan-shaped dishes and octagonal and square, an oval egg stand with twelve cups, a Chelsea tureen in the shape of a rabbit, and a burnished copper coffeepot. Those dishes held, among other delicacies, broiled mackerel and dried haddock, mutton chops and cold tongue and a veal-and-ham pie.
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