The Accidental Duchess
“Rosalyn sat nearby, her sharp eyes missing nothing.
Several of the letters were invitations. Rosalyn knew the senders after merely glancing at the paper and handwriting from across the table, and offered recommendations on which to accept without prompting. Lydia hoped she would make at least one error, but she never did.
A few other letters contained petitions from charitable causes. She read the latter. Most were from large, notable charities taking a chance that a new duchess might w...ant to patronize them along with so many of her peers. One, however, came from a charity that she had contributed to already.
That charity had never written to her before, and the letter broke her heart. It read like a parting letter. The women who ran it thanked her for her past patronage, and wished her well in her new life. They seemed to assume that she would find more fashionable recipients of her largesse in the future.
Perhaps she would, but not quite yet.MoreLess
Several of the letters were invitations. Rosalyn knew the senders after merely glancing at the paper and handwriting from across the table, and offered recommendations on which to accept without prompting. Lydia hoped she would make at least one error, but she never did.
A few other letters contained petitions from charitable causes. She read the latter. Most were from large, notable charities taking a chance that a new duchess might w...ant to patronize them along with so many of her peers. One, however, came from a charity that she had contributed to already.
That charity had never written to her before, and the letter broke her heart. It read like a parting letter. The women who ran it thanked her for her past patronage, and wished her well in her new life. They seemed to assume that she would find more fashionable recipients of her largesse in the future.
Perhaps she would, but not quite yet.MoreLess
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