Marrying Harriet
“Lord Byron It looked as if Harriet Brown might refuse point-blank to attend her first London ball. For it was to be a masked ball held at the Marchioness of Raby’s. The late Mr Brown had damned all forms of dressing up as licentious and sinful.
It was Yvette, the French dressmaker, who saved the situation. She arrived at Holles Street with her baby, George. Harriet thought George a very fine boy indeed. The sisters retired and left her alone with Yvette. Yvette had been instrumental in persuadi...ng the stern Miss Brown that it was not sinful to wear fashionable clothes. Perhaps she could be equally persuasive about fancy dress.
‘Your baby is a handsome, strong boy, Yvette,’ said Harriet. ‘Your husband must be very proud of him.’ ‘I have no husband and never did have one,’ replied Yvette calmly, opening a book of sketches.
‘What happened?’ asked Harriet bluntly.
Yvette sighed and rested the book on her lap. ‘There was a French tutor the ladies had hired to school one of their charges.MoreLess
It was Yvette, the French dressmaker, who saved the situation. She arrived at Holles Street with her baby, George. Harriet thought George a very fine boy indeed. The sisters retired and left her alone with Yvette. Yvette had been instrumental in persuadi...ng the stern Miss Brown that it was not sinful to wear fashionable clothes. Perhaps she could be equally persuasive about fancy dress.
‘Your baby is a handsome, strong boy, Yvette,’ said Harriet. ‘Your husband must be very proud of him.’ ‘I have no husband and never did have one,’ replied Yvette calmly, opening a book of sketches.
‘What happened?’ asked Harriet bluntly.
Yvette sighed and rested the book on her lap. ‘There was a French tutor the ladies had hired to school one of their charges.MoreLess
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