The Famous Heroine/the Plumed Bonnet (2011)
“The Duke of Fairhurst surprised Lord Francis by arriving in London two days before the event and bringing his wife with him. It was as well that they had opened the Fairhurst town house. The following day Lord Francis’s sisters both arrived from the country with their husbands.
The groom gave them no chance to express to him their opinions of his marriage. He paid them only a brief call and took Cora with him. He did not suppose afterward that she had made a particularly good impression on any of them—she sat stiff and almost mute throughout tea, ate only half a scone, and took only one sip of tea. Lord Francis realized that she could drink no more as her hand was shaking. It amused him that a woman who was so bold and fearless in almost any situation that presented itself could be reduced to shivering terror in the presence of aristocracy.
She did not make a good impression on them, perhaps, but neither did she make a bad impression. She was dressed elegantly and fortunately had left... farce at home behind her for once.MoreLess
The groom gave them no chance to express to him their opinions of his marriage. He paid them only a brief call and took Cora with him. He did not suppose afterward that she had made a particularly good impression on any of them—she sat stiff and almost mute throughout tea, ate only half a scone, and took only one sip of tea. Lord Francis realized that she could drink no more as her hand was shaking. It amused him that a woman who was so bold and fearless in almost any situation that presented itself could be reduced to shivering terror in the presence of aristocracy.
She did not make a good impression on them, perhaps, but neither did she make a bad impression. She was dressed elegantly and fortunately had left... farce at home behind her for once.MoreLess
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