Chapter 15London seems terribly quiet this week, now that society's favorite duke and that duke's favorite duchess have departed for the country. This Author could report that Mr. Nigel Berbrooke was seen asking Miss Penelope Featherington to dance, or that Miss Penelope, despite her mother's gleeful urging and her eventual acceptance of his offer, did not seem terribly enamored with the notion .
But really, who wants to read about Mr. Berbrooke or Miss Penelope? Let us not fool ourselves. We are all still ravenously curious about the duke and duchess.
Lady Whistledown's Society Papers, 28 May 1813
It was like being in Lady Trowbridge's garden all over again, Daphne thought wildly, except that this time there would be no interruptions, no furious older brothers, no fear of discovery, no
