Chapter 3Percy was still awaiting the capacious conveyance he had ordered, and since the girls could not be expected to attend parties on horseback, or squeeze into Percy’s two-person curricle, Nathan was more than happy to lend him his services and elegant landau carriage in the meantime. Now Percy had moved out of London, it was a tactical excuse for their continuing proximity and for Percy’s sisters to become accustomed to regarding Nathan as an unexceptional friend of the family.
The outcome was especially opportune as no one would question it when Nathan spent the night in Little Chelsea after delivering the family home from an evening event. Additionally, Percy had strategically arranged for the girls to have bedrooms on the floor above. His room had adjoining doors via the dressing
