Chapter 28
The evening at Lord Elstone’s house was a very pleasant affair. Jemima wore her silver-grey gown which was much admired by Kitty and Miss Pargeter, to Mrs Owen’s quiet satisfaction.
The renovations at Marylebone exceeded expectations. The ladies expressed delight over the Chinoiserie in the dining room and the pattern of roses in the drawing room. Lord Elstone attributed the success of the paper-hangings to Miss Pargeter. “For it was due to your excellent advice, my dear lady, that they were chosen.”
The guests had been few, and included no young men for Jemima or Kitty to converse with, but they had enjoyed themselves nonetheless.
Jemima had decided how she would proceed in society. She would spend the first couple of occasions acting as demurely as possible, so that she mi
