13
After looking in on her sleeping daughter, Mary returned to the bedroom.
‘I think that went rather well.’ Reggie was already sitting up in bed, waiting for her. ‘Frances all right?’
‘Fast asleep. And yes, everyone enjoyed the meal. I was relieved Jasmine wasn’t in a huff. And maybe Evie was exaggerating when she said Howard was smitten.’
‘He seems a decent chap.’
‘He is. And very charming. I was dreading Jasmine being as rude to him as she was yesterday, but she was perfectly civil. And he didn’t actually appear to be interested in her at all.’
Reggie tilted his head in a smile. ‘I may well have had something to do with that.’
Mary paused, hairbrush in hand. ‘And exactly how?’
‘We had a bit of a chinwag before you two joined us. He’s a surprisingly frank young man. Told me he ha
