Chapter 4This Author was, sadly, unable to determine all the details, but there was a considerable to-do Thursday last near The Serpentine in Hyde Park involving Viscount Bridgerton, Mr. Nigel Berbrooke, both the Misses Sheffield, and an unnamed dog of indeterminate breed.
This Author was not an eyewitness, but all accounts seem to indicate that the unnamed dog emerged the victor.
LADY WHISTLEDOWN’S SOCIETY PAPERS,
25 APRIL 1814
Kate stumbled back into the drawing room, knocking arms with Mary as they both squeezed through the doorway at the same time. Newton was seated happily in the middle of the room, shedding on the blue-and-white rug as he grinned up at the viscount.
“I think he likes you,” Mary said, somewhat accusingly.
“He likes you, too, Mary,” Kate said. “The problem is tha
