The Thames River Murders
“The candles I’d wrangled glittered from every sconce and chandelier that filled the ballroom on the first floor.
The musicians, reconciled, played in a gallery above the ballroom, so that melodies trickled down like starlight.
Denis had agreed to supply extra guards, and some of the footmen rushing about with trays were large, hard-faced men, bulging in their livery. Guests threw them startled glances, but they did their tasks with cool efficiency.
Gabriella made no grand entrance. Nothing vulg...ar, Donata had said. Simply a ball given by Aline, and Gabriella will be introduced.
I’d had a vague notion that my daughter could not be “out” until she was presented to Queen Charlotte at one of her gatherings, as Donata had described happened to her. Donata had given me one of her looks that told me I was hopeless, then explained that Gabriella, if she married into the peerage, could wait to be presented after her wedding. Besides, Queen Charlotte, elderly and ill, rarely held Drawing Rooms these days.MoreLess
The musicians, reconciled, played in a gallery above the ballroom, so that melodies trickled down like starlight.
Denis had agreed to supply extra guards, and some of the footmen rushing about with trays were large, hard-faced men, bulging in their livery. Guests threw them startled glances, but they did their tasks with cool efficiency.
Gabriella made no grand entrance. Nothing vulg...ar, Donata had said. Simply a ball given by Aline, and Gabriella will be introduced.
I’d had a vague notion that my daughter could not be “out” until she was presented to Queen Charlotte at one of her gatherings, as Donata had described happened to her. Donata had given me one of her looks that told me I was hopeless, then explained that Gabriella, if she married into the peerage, could wait to be presented after her wedding. Besides, Queen Charlotte, elderly and ill, rarely held Drawing Rooms these days.MoreLess
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