Sarah said, wriggling her tired toes inside her slippers. Her back ached and her face was tight from smiling. All in all, the night had been great fun. The coach rambled back toward Harrington House amid quiet conversation and squelched yawns. “You did well, my dear,” Lady Seymour said. “I heard no complaints about your dancing prowess.” “Everyone, save Mrs. Spaulding and Mrs. Dubury, were so kind,” Sarah said and glanced at Gabriel. “I understand from Noelle that Mrs. Spaulding desired a match between you and her daughter, Minerva, and kept the poor girl refusing other suitors these last five years while waiting for your return.” Gabriel frowned. “Mrs. Spaulding is an overbearing witch who hoped to snag Gabriel for no other reason than our wealth,” Lady Seymour groused. “When not plotting a wedding between her daughter and our son, she says horrible things about our family.”
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