She wore a soft green walking dress and pelisse that matched her eyes. Instead of one of her two bonnets that blocked her view of the world, she wore her Sunday hat, which perched on her curls in a becoming fashion but left her eyes free to roam. She wanted all her faculties about her that day, including her vision. Margaret raced up and down the staircase, happy as a lark to be going with them. Her mother was strangely calm, standing in the foyer next to a new bouquet from Mr. Pridemore, this one a huge, almost funereal bunch of lilies. Mrs. Middlebrook adjusted her hat, fiddling with it halfheartedly to see how it might look best. Catherine wanted to ask her about Pridemore, but did not. She had enough of her own troubles that day without borrowing more. The Waterses and Lord Farleigh arrived almost at the same time. Robert Waters was nowhere to be seen, but Alex was very much in evidence, looking too huge to fit in the duchess’s carriage.
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