Chapter Seventeen
“You should come with us tonight,” her grandmother said over their soup, several nights later when the two of them sat down to an early dinner. “If I must play chaperone to Beverly and Huddleston the rest of the season, it would be nice to have you along as well. After all, she is your friend.”
“Oh, I’m afraid this case of the sniffles I picked up at the Holcombe’s the other night is still lingering,” she said. Elise dabbed beneath her dry nose with her napkin as she affected a sniff. “Perhaps it is best that I stay home one more night.”
Footmen brought the next course and when they were done, Elise said, “If it is possible, I would like to leave for home this weekend. Huddleston’s mother arrives tomorrow, so Beverly will not lack chaperonage for the duration.” She lif
