Chapter Fourteen
“And speaking of dukes,” Lady Norman said with a laugh as she stood up to greet her friend.
“Who is speaking of dukes?” the duchess asked with a smile as she came into the room.
“We were,” Lady Norman said.
“We were saying how very busy they were,” Tina explained.
“Ugh! Too busy! My poor dear Kendell was constantly working. It’s what sent him to his early grave,” the duchess said as she sat down on the chair next to where Lady Norman had been sitting.
“And yet the Duke of Warwick still manages to find time to spend with his sister,” Tina commented, not sure if she should sit back down. She could no longer act like a guest or a friend in her mother’s house now that the duchess was there.
The duchess gave a warm smile to no one in particular. “Warwick is a very specia
