By the time she arrived back from Linton and ducked through the servants’ entrance, an exquisite jade-and-gold beaded gown had already been laid out in her chamber. It boasted a silk-banded drop waist fashioned by Poiret, a noted Parisian designer whom her mother had commissioned just weeks before. The gown was paired with Rosamund’s finest beaded heels, a geometric-shaped trinket on a long black and gleaming gold chain, and evening gloves that added a soft pearl shimmer up the length of her arms. The final touch was a diamond-encrusted headband that grazed the chignon of finger waves her maid gathered at her nape. The lavish ensemble foretold what awaited her—either a crowd of the most eligible bachelors her mother could summon at a single dinner party, or one carefully selected gentleman whose attentions she should properly win. Either way Rosamund had been primped for a purpose. The butler presented Lady Rosamund Easling and she stepped in, quite prepared to offer a cordial greeting her mother would approve of.
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