Sukey and Miss Rafferty had gotten along famously. And Miss Rafferty had agreed to assume the position of governess. Indeed, she was so eager for the post that she would come to begin work the very next day. “Annabelle will be happy to hear it,” Rosalind said. And she was happy, too. Sylvia Rafferty was exactly the sort of lady she had hoped to find. She had been well educated, she would be sensible and firm, yet was young and pleasant enough that she wouldn’t frighten Sukey to death. Dick received a note from Annabelle that morning inviting Rosalind and him to take potluck dinner at her house that evening. It was not a party, just a family dinner, and therefore required no elaborate toilette. The minute they were inside her door, her first conversation was about Lord Sylvester. She was unhappy to hear that he had left, but her temper improved when she learned he would be returning in five days. “I shall have a little rout party that evening,” she announced. “I’m not sure he will be remaining overnight,”
