Chapter 23
“You’re just in time, miss,” said Lady Fitzwater’s footman as he let Quincy into the house. “They’ve just gone in to luncheon.”
“But I’m not expected.”
“Anybody who’s about the house is expected, miss.”
Quincy followed him to the dining room, where Lady Fitzwater, two other women, and Miss Stanbury, one of Lady Fitzwater’s boarders, were being served.
“Miss Quincy!” Lady Fitzwater called. “How good of you to join us. May I introduce Miss Pippen and Miss Jesperson, dear friends of Miss Stanbury?”
Before Quincy finished the how-do-you-do’s, the footmen had set her place and brought her soup. The meal passed quickly in congenial conversation, and Quincy allowed herself to be distracted from her earlier introspection. She was caught up as their discussion moved from dealing wi
