Chapter 20After several journeys between Chelsea and London, Percy began to draw the same conclusions as his sister regarding Emma’s basic sweet nature. She was an engaging travelling companion during the short distance, neither flirtatiously forward nor oppressively overwhelmed by Percy’s proximity. Subsequently, they fell into such blandly agreeable discourse enjoyed by distant relatives encountered at family occasions and not reacquainted again for a decade.
Understandably, Emma never spoke of her background or details of her current lifestyle, merely alluding to her future expectations to provide a permanent home for George.
Increasingly, Percy wondered what on earth she had ever seen in Clarence. But, he reasoned, his brother had married a gracious lady and persuaded pretty Emma to
