Chapter Thirty
Everyone turned to Alys. It was extremely disconcerting. “Well, I… I don’t know that…” She gave a little embarrassed laugh. “I hadn’t anticipated this would come quite so soon, to be honest.” Were there any secrets about Margaret she could divulge? So many of the others who had had to tell their secrets related theirs to some love affair that was going on in their life. But, no, there was nothing. She could tell them about her romance with Lord Gorling, but not only was it none of their business, she was pretty certain they all knew of it in any case. They hadn’t exactly been discrete.
Mrs. Aldridge’s nasty little dog came sniffing around her feet.
“Might it have something to do with Duchess, Mrs. Aldridge’s dog?” Lady Ayres prompted.
Alys looked down at the disgusting c
