She did not tell him that she had refused to meet the Duke that afternoon.
Instead she moved around the Rooms, admiring them and realising that the Colonel had not exaggerated when he said that new better and bigger buildings were needed in Cheltenham.
She thought she must remember everything she saw so that she could describe it to the Earl.
The exterior she had thought when they arrived was austere and undistinguished, but the ballroom was magnificent and the Duke led the dancing with his wife as his partner.
After that everyone took the floor, but having danced once with Julius, Giselda suggested that they move out of the crowd to look at the rest of the building.
They had not proceeded far when they came upon the Colonel looking exceedingly distinguished in his knee-breeches and w
