Mrs. Wilkins ran an exclusive and expensive shop catering to the elite. She assured Lady Somers she would be happy to help the ladies in any way necessary to ensure they would be dressed in the height of fashion and elegance on the magical night.
Miranda wandered to the other end of the shop and let the dressmaker deal with her mother. They had been clients of the proficient, but unassuming Englishwoman for several years now, almost since Miranda first made her Come Out. It had been Miranda"s idea to take their custom to Mrs. Wilkins rather than to the numerous French dressmakers serving the ton. Although French fashions were all the c***k, Miranda had found it repugnant to patronize French shops while her brother risked his life in the Peninsula. Even though she knew many of the "French"
