For generations the Radclyff family had gathered here for situations that were deemed catastrophic. The last time that it had been used was to plan an escape when war was at its peak. The current situation was considered dire enough for the family to once again throw open the rosewood doors of the Yellow Room. The members of the Radclyff family (with the exception of Sir Henry), along with Penelope as the guilty party, Madame Bellafraunde as the wise council, and Lady Bathsheba as the witness, assembled here to debate the latest calamity to befall the Blackthorne Mansion. The soothing pale room was meant to have a calming effect and allow the family to think clearly and calmly. “We will be ruined! Ruined, disowned, cut off, snubbed by every member of the ton. I am not going to have this creature living under my roof a moment longer,” the duke shouted. “We are the Radclyff family. We have honour. We cannot abandon a poor soul just because she happened to bring her pet along to a dinner party,”
