“It will undoubtedly impress my future father-in-law,” Ivor was saying. “He is so thrilled that his daughter is to be a Princess and has promised to pay an enormous sum of money into my bank account so that you need not worry about your trousseau. I promise you that it will be as beautiful and as expensive as Mavis’s.”
Weena did not answer for the simple reason that she knew it would be a mistake for her to go into battle with Ivor before David arrived.
Instead she picked up the newspapers that had been put on a stool in front of the fireplace and said,
“I am sure the party we attended last night will be reported in the Social columns and I want to see if we are mentioned.”
“I have already done so,” Ivor replied. “I assure you we are both there and they actually say that Princess Alwee
