Murder's Sad Tale (2013)
“Yet in all the vast array of silks and silver, snuff boxes, china and crystal, jewels and bibelots of all sorts, nothing tempted him to buy.
In frustration, he was driven home to sulk. He spent a fruitless afternoon with Lady Lorraine but got no farther with her than he did in discovering whether Byron was attending Lady Dunn’s party. Frustration put him in a foul mood.
When he had a note from Byron asking whether he would see him that evening at Lady Dunn’s, his misery was complete. Who, after all, was Lady Dunn to snub him? Who was she before she was Lady Dunn? Where did she come from? He had never heard of her until last week, ergo she was no one.
Was he sunk to spending an evening with Coffen Pattle? Damned if he would. He would take to his bed and claim a sick headache. It was an excuse not to reply to Byron’s note, and a pretext for calling on him the next morning to explain the lapse. And of course find out about the rout party. If folks assumed he had been invited, he needn’t ...enlighten them.MoreLess
In frustration, he was driven home to sulk. He spent a fruitless afternoon with Lady Lorraine but got no farther with her than he did in discovering whether Byron was attending Lady Dunn’s party. Frustration put him in a foul mood.
When he had a note from Byron asking whether he would see him that evening at Lady Dunn’s, his misery was complete. Who, after all, was Lady Dunn to snub him? Who was she before she was Lady Dunn? Where did she come from? He had never heard of her until last week, ergo she was no one.
Was he sunk to spending an evening with Coffen Pattle? Damned if he would. He would take to his bed and claim a sick headache. It was an excuse not to reply to Byron’s note, and a pretext for calling on him the next morning to explain the lapse. And of course find out about the rout party. If folks assumed he had been invited, he needn’t ...enlighten them.MoreLess
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