A Compromised Innocent (2011)
“Lizzie followed as the stoic butler led her upstairs to the sitting room where Angelica was receiving callers. Angelica looked especially incandescent, no doubt owing to the fact that her recent marriage was a love match.
“Hullo, Lizzie!” Angelica embraced her affectionately. She hadn’t changed at all, but then the daughter and sister of a duke was unlikely to let marriage to a simple earl go to her head.
“It’s lovely to see you. We missed you at the wedding.”
At the time, Lizzie had thought it... unusual that Roberta would insist on taking the waters in Brighton. Not only did her aunt eschew public bathing, early spring was unseasonable for such an excursion, the sea too cold for any but the most robust or determined. Now, after her aunt’s outburst the other night, Lizzie suspected it had been a deliberate diversion to avoid attending such a major social event.
But that would be silly to think that Aunt Roberta held such acrimony for Wainsborough. Roberta didn’t like anyone much, but Lizzie had never seen her go to such lengths or behave with such venom.MoreLess
“Hullo, Lizzie!” Angelica embraced her affectionately. She hadn’t changed at all, but then the daughter and sister of a duke was unlikely to let marriage to a simple earl go to her head.
“It’s lovely to see you. We missed you at the wedding.”
At the time, Lizzie had thought it... unusual that Roberta would insist on taking the waters in Brighton. Not only did her aunt eschew public bathing, early spring was unseasonable for such an excursion, the sea too cold for any but the most robust or determined. Now, after her aunt’s outburst the other night, Lizzie suspected it had been a deliberate diversion to avoid attending such a major social event.
But that would be silly to think that Aunt Roberta held such acrimony for Wainsborough. Roberta didn’t like anyone much, but Lizzie had never seen her go to such lengths or behave with such venom.MoreLess
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