“I will miss it myself,” Lord Kenington sighed.
He shook hands with the man standing beside the lady he had been talking to and said,
“I am on my way to India too. May I introduce Miss Aisha Warde, who is also a passenger?”
As Aisha held out her hand, he finished,
“And this is the Earl and Countess of Dartwood.”
The Countess gave Aisha what she thought was a quizzical look while the Earl said,
“I am not surprised to see you, Charles. You never stay in one place long enough for us to catch up with you.”
“Why are you going to India in the middle of the Season?” Lord Kenington asked him.
“I had a letter from the Colonel commanding our son’s Regiment, inviting us to join him in India,” the Earl replied. “As I had to come to Italy to see my mother, who is living here, I thought we might
