Epilogue
Unfortunately for Caroline, this time when she attempted to sneak back into her bedroom, she found her mother waiting for her.
“You, young lady,” the countess said, rising from her chair, “are in deep trouble.”
Caro had no choice but to explain where she had been. In short order, Henry was summoned to the Astley town house, where Lord and Lady Cheltenham informed him that he would be marrying their daughter. “This afternoon?” he asked hopefully.
This earned him a glare from his future mother-in-law. “From what my daughter tells me, we should know in approximately one week if an expeditious wedding will be necessary. Assuming it is not, you will be having a respectable eight-week engagement, during which time the two of you will be very closely chaperoned.”
Lord Ardingly was h
