The Marriage Act
“—Samuel Johnson While the gentlemen enjoyed their port in the dining room, Caro chatted with her aunt and her cousin in the drawing room.
Before long, Sophia yawned. “I’m tired, and I have a touch of the headache, Mama. Would you mind very much if I retire early?”
“Now? That’s not like you, to miss an evening in company,” Lady Fleetwood said with a worried look.
“I know, but I’m not feeling quite the thing.”
“In that case, you’d better go and lie down.”
Sophia produced a wea...k smile. “Thank you, Mama. Good night, then, both of you.”
She slipped out, leaving Caro alone with her aunt. “I don’t think Sophia has a very high opinion of me.”
“Oh no, dear, you mustn’t think that. It’s more the opposite—she’s always been envious of you and Anne, because you were older and she felt left out of the things you girls did together.”MoreLess
Before long, Sophia yawned. “I’m tired, and I have a touch of the headache, Mama. Would you mind very much if I retire early?”
“Now? That’s not like you, to miss an evening in company,” Lady Fleetwood said with a worried look.
“I know, but I’m not feeling quite the thing.”
“In that case, you’d better go and lie down.”
Sophia produced a wea...k smile. “Thank you, Mama. Good night, then, both of you.”
She slipped out, leaving Caro alone with her aunt. “I don’t think Sophia has a very high opinion of me.”
“Oh no, dear, you mustn’t think that. It’s more the opposite—she’s always been envious of you and Anne, because you were older and she felt left out of the things you girls did together.”MoreLess
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