Madame Bertin, after taking one look at the gown Andrina was wearing, was at first somewhat supercilious until she learnt who Lady Evelyn was and understood that she was to dress three young ladies who were the Wards of His Grace, the Duke of Broxbourne.
From that moment she was all ingratiating smiles and brought from the workroom unfinished gowns that had in fact been ordered by other clients promising that some of them would be completed by the following day, if they were definitely ordered.
Andrina was so bewildered at the beauty and the smartness of the garments, each of which seemed more alluring than the last, that she would have accepted anything that Madame Bertin suggested.
But Lady Evelyn was far more choosy and Andrina was very grateful to her for her discrimination and good
