Chapter SevenThe two married couples drove away amidst a shower of rice and rose petals.
There was a cheer from the male members of the party as the carriages moved down the short drive into Curzon Street and then laughing and talking everyone began to disperse.
It had been intended that the wedding should be very quiet and it was in fact Hugo Renton who had suggested that it should take place as quickly as possible.
“I am in mourning,” he said, “and since there is a great deal for me to do following my father’s death, I must return to Cheshire.”
He looked at Andrina and added,
“But I don’t want to leave Cheryl behind.”
Andrina had not spoken and he went on,
“She will be worried and indecisive if she is not with me. Besides I have suffered enough, thinking of her here in London and
