Chapter 10
A number of the guests were due to depart the next day and the household was in a state of bustle. Indeed, Jonathan had planned to leave before New Year to spend that occasion with his aunt and family, but as events on the romantic front were changing rapidly, he waited on Freddy’s plans.
After the play, Corinna had been quite subdued and had not paid much attention to her bevy of suitors. Her eyes flickered often to Freddy, as he laughingly lapped up praise for his enthusiastic performance and did not bother to glance her way. If these were tactics, rather than heedless vanity, then he was obviously biding his time as Jonathan had advised.
Freddy had also been quite attentive to Belinda during the evening, which concerned Jonathan a little, given her new understanding with t
