TenAfter Lord Kirtland and Lieutenant Wroughtly had left, Rose went to her room to try to rest in preparation for her outing to the opera that evening, but her mind was whirling with thoughts of Lord Kirtland and the impending card party.
“What was it that you and Lord Kirtland were whispering about?” Laia demanded barging into her room, followed, inevitably, by Thalia. Her sisters could always be counted on to insist on being included in everything. Thalia looked expectantly at her as well.
“Oh, we were discussing something that occurred at Lady Bascombe’s ball the other night,” Rose said, as innocently as she could. But, as she expected, it was not enough for her overly curious little sisters, who folded their arms and looked pointedly at her in unison. Rose nearly laughed, but managed
