The Accidental Marriage (2008)
“She confided to Julia that she had overheard Mrs Webber at the Metternich ball speculating about Julia, saying she had heard rumours that Julia had been wise to leave England because of some scandal attached to her.
‘What on earth could she have meant?’ Julia laughed. ‘You said she was an incorrigible gossip. She’s also a crony of Frau Gunter, and that old witch threatened I’d be sorry for opposing her. I wonder if there is any connection? How else could Mrs Webber even pretend to know anything... about me? We’ve never met before.’ Fanny seemed satisfied, though annoyed that Frau Gunter could be so vindictive, and Julia dismissed it from her thoughts. She was more concerned about Frederick’s behaviour and the misery this was causing her sister.
Frederick had arrived home long past dawn after the Peace Ball, but to Julia’s surprise, made no mention of their own journey home. From Frederick’s coachman, Evans, she learnt that, on his finally reaching the point for picking up passengers, and finding no one there, he had been moved on by the footmen.MoreLess
‘What on earth could she have meant?’ Julia laughed. ‘You said she was an incorrigible gossip. She’s also a crony of Frau Gunter, and that old witch threatened I’d be sorry for opposing her. I wonder if there is any connection? How else could Mrs Webber even pretend to know anything... about me? We’ve never met before.’ Fanny seemed satisfied, though annoyed that Frau Gunter could be so vindictive, and Julia dismissed it from her thoughts. She was more concerned about Frederick’s behaviour and the misery this was causing her sister.
Frederick had arrived home long past dawn after the Peace Ball, but to Julia’s surprise, made no mention of their own journey home. From Frederick’s coachman, Evans, she learnt that, on his finally reaching the point for picking up passengers, and finding no one there, he had been moved on by the footmen.MoreLess
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