Chapter 20
LADY SEFTON’S SOIREE was, unsurprisingly, a crush. Some people were attempting to dance, but there was hardly room with so many people present.
Kat had to squeeze between people while trying to keep up with her cousin, who somehow managed to get the other guests to make way for her. Then the waves would close up behind her like the red sea after Moses.
Caro finally stopped by her mother-in-law who, Kat was pretty sure, she’d been trying to avoid. “Oh! Mama! How wonderful to see you!” Caroline dipped into as low a curtsey as space would allow.
The Dowager Duchess of Stirling looked her daughter-in-law up and down critically and then graced her with a small smile. “Caroline, you are looking fashionable as always.”
Caro clearly didn’t know whether to take this as a compliment
