Chapter 20Has anyone besides This Author noticed that Miss Edwina Sheffield has been very distracted of late? Rumor has it that she has lost her heart, although no one seems to know the identity of the lucky gentleman.
Judging from Miss Sheffield’s behavior at parties, however, This Author feels it is safe to assume that the mystery gentleman is not someone currently residing here in London. Miss Sheffield has shown no marked interest in any one gentleman, and indeed, even sat out the dancing at Lady Mottram’s ball Friday last.
Could her suitor be someone she met in the country last month? This Author will have to do a bit of sleuthing to uncover the truth.
LADY WHISTLEDOWN’S SOCIETY PAPERS,
13 JUNE 1814
“Do you know what I think?” Kate asked, as she sat at her vanity table later that
