CHAPTER THREEMrs. Dovedale was not with Great-Aunt Cloris. She had suspected that Eugenia would oppose her selling the jewellery and so she had pretended to have a headache in order to stay behind while Eugenia and Bridget visited the park. Once they had left the house, she had snatched up her hat and coat and taken a hansom cab to Hatton Garden.
She had not received quite the amount for her jewellery that she had hoped, but it was enough. She would be able to dress Eugenia and perhaps even herself for the ball and then – and then all their problems would be solved.
Mrs. Dovedale was convinced that the Marquis was smitten with Eugenia. She was equally convinced that Eugenia would ultimately succumb to the Marquis’s undoubted charms, not least of which was his ownership of Buckbury Abbey.
