Chapter 4Once the partygoers started to disperse, Jo felt he had played his part sufficiently to depart with the majority, making sure to fix a day to have tea with his hostess for further charitable discussions. The business side of the evening concluded, he ventured from Mayfair into the livelier climes of Covent Garden.
His spirits lifted as he espied Daniel’s tidily brushed light brown hair, and then the rest of his neat and compact frame among the crowd in the tavern where they agreed to meet. Daniel was studiously guarding a nook so they might have a restful chat rather than having to shout over and be jostled by the barging throng.
Once settled with a beverage apiece, they settled into a comfortable conversation. Jo forbore to complain about the frivolous reason for his aching fee
