~April 17~Bel wouldn’t even leave their room the following day. She was still upset about previous evening. She’d cried in Bee’s arms for nearly half an hour after Lord St. Vincent had left her with Annie, who’d been waiting outside for them to return. The maid had escorting the silent girl up to her room and then stood aside as she’d fallen against Bee’s shoulder.
Of course, there was no way they could tell their aunt what had happened, so they simply told her that Bel was feeling under the weather. Bee would be taking her place for the day.
The woman didn’t care, so long as both girls didn’t leave the room at the same time. She did stop in to check on her and make sure Bel wasn’t seriously ill, but other than that, she left the girl alone and went down to host her weekly at-home.
Lord
