Chapter 5
KAT SETTLED HERSELF on the dainty white and gold brocade chair and pasted a polite smile on her face. Her cousin was chattering away to their hostess, Lady Cowper, as if the two were old friends. For all Kat knew, they were, but she wasn’t too sure Caroline moved in such circles.
Oh, she was certain the lady knew her cousin, but whether they were actually anything more than passing acquaintances wasn’t clear. Lady Cowper, however, was polite and listened to Caro’s chatter attentively.
Apparently, what her cousin had told her in the carriage was quite true—Lady Cowper was, indeed, the kindest of the Lady Patronesses of Almack’s. Kat had known that she held fascinating soirees where intellectuals and people from all modes of thought came to debate and discuss the issues of the d
