Isabella
“Quickly, she replaced the note, and looked up to see Alicia gazing at her from the doorway.
"Well, come in, dear," Isabella told her, a bit impatiently.
"Oh, Bella, the most dreadful thing has happened while you were gone." Alicia rushed forward, took her cousin's hand and squeezed it sympathetically.
"What? What?" her cousin returned, alarmed. "Is Mama ill?" "No, not dreadful like that. But bad enough. Lady Belcomb was at your mama for an hour this afternoon." "Well, she's always a...t somebody—" "But your mama raised her voice," was the ominous reply.
"Mama?" Mama was not capable of raising her voice.
"It's true. And it was all because of that old cat, Lady Jersey, who wouldn't give me a voucher to Almack's because Mama's grandfather kept an inn." "I do not understand what your great-grandfather—" "Not him. Lady Jersey. She told your aunt that everyone believes you are having a love affair with Mr.MoreLess
"Well, come in, dear," Isabella told her, a bit impatiently.
"Oh, Bella, the most dreadful thing has happened while you were gone." Alicia rushed forward, took her cousin's hand and squeezed it sympathetically.
"What? What?" her cousin returned, alarmed. "Is Mama ill?" "No, not dreadful like that. But bad enough. Lady Belcomb was at your mama for an hour this afternoon." "Well, she's always a...t somebody—" "But your mama raised her voice," was the ominous reply.
"Mama?" Mama was not capable of raising her voice.
"It's true. And it was all because of that old cat, Lady Jersey, who wouldn't give me a voucher to Almack's because Mama's grandfather kept an inn." "I do not understand what your great-grandfather—" "Not him. Lady Jersey. She told your aunt that everyone believes you are having a love affair with Mr.MoreLess
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