Chapter 16Besides a little light surveillance with Jo during the increasingly steady stream of evening parties, Percy’s days were occupied with his sisters’ concerns, mainly vetting which events they should attend. Then followed the exhaustive preparation for these chosen social engagements, with the assistance of his cousin Augusta and Mrs. Dalrymple. Percy had mentioned George’s impending advent to the girls in passing which they accepted without question, thankfully awhirl with the distraction of the impending Little Season.
With so many demands to discharge, Percy was relieved that Simeon was both brief and relatively decisive in his organisation of George’s travel arrangements, no doubt compelled into action by the impending invasion of his daunting in-laws.
The brothers agreed that
