Chapter Thirty-One
Margaret turned this way and then the other. “What do you think? Is it appropriate? Is it all right?”
The duchess smiled at her indulgently. “You look lovely, my dear. Lord Bertram will no doubt be honored to have you next to him.”
Margaret took in a deep breath, trying to calm her nerves. She had never gone out for a drive with a young man on her own before. She’d never been asked.
She was still reeling over the fact that three gentlemen had sent her flowers after Lady Hallburn’s party the previous week, and the number of gentlemen who’d shown up at the duchess’s at-home the previous Thursday was simply unprecedented! It was all thanks to James and his wonderful advice, she was sure of it. She wished she knew how to thank him, but somehow, recently, she’d simply fou
