Because the remark was unexpected, Jemima felt herself blushing and the visitor gave a little laugh.
“I must not embarrass you, my dear. I shall tell Valient that myself. I think he is a very lucky man and, as soon as your honeymoon is over, you must both come and visit me.”
Only when she had gone did Jemima find out that she had been talking to the Duchess of Newbury, one of the most influential personages in the whole County.
*
On Monday when everything seemed a little flat Freddy went off to London.
Although there was a trickle of visitors, they arrived irregularly with gaps in between, so Jemima could not help wondering despairingly if the whole thing had been a ‘flash in the pan’ and their new source of income had dried up already.
The same thing happened the next day, except th
