Emily Hendrickson
“Not only did Brummell stop in to view the assembled merrymakers, but the intriguing Lady Chloe Maitland attended. By the evening of the party word of her positively wicked little sketches had filtered through the ton, the news spreading like a grass fire.
When Chloe entered the vast ballroom, she immediately became aware of heads turning in her direction, ladies’ faces half-disappearing behind suddenly raised fans, and the elevated quizzing glasses of nearby gentlemen.
“Pay them no heed, my dea...r Lady Chloe,” Mr. Brummell said close to her ear with his usual attitude of ennui. “Any new thing excites their curiosity. No doubt you will be besieged by ugly matrons and fat, pompous men to have their sketches done. Shall I show you how to depress their encroaching ways? I fancy you need a lesson or two, not accustomed to being a Lion of Society.”
She turned to meet his amused gaze with a look that was quite dubious. “Lion? Scarcely that, sir. I suspect curiosity is closer to the truth.MoreLess
When Chloe entered the vast ballroom, she immediately became aware of heads turning in her direction, ladies’ faces half-disappearing behind suddenly raised fans, and the elevated quizzing glasses of nearby gentlemen.
“Pay them no heed, my dea...r Lady Chloe,” Mr. Brummell said close to her ear with his usual attitude of ennui. “Any new thing excites their curiosity. No doubt you will be besieged by ugly matrons and fat, pompous men to have their sketches done. Shall I show you how to depress their encroaching ways? I fancy you need a lesson or two, not accustomed to being a Lion of Society.”
She turned to meet his amused gaze with a look that was quite dubious. “Lion? Scarcely that, sir. I suspect curiosity is closer to the truth.MoreLess
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