They both laughed and then Colena asked,
“Now what shall we do tonight? We have three invitations to balls and one we have already accepted for dinner.”
“I only hope and pray that Mr. Stone does not find out where we are dining,” Elizabeth replied. “He asked me not once but twenty times before he brought me home. I said I had forgotten and was evasive about which parties we were attending.”
“We must try to avoid them if he is going too, but we can hardly arrive and ask if he is present before we ourselves go in.”
They chuckled at this idea.
Then they were immersed in deciding which dress to wear and which party was the most prestigious.
They had been disappointed last night when, after being told that the Prince of Wales was to be present, he had not turned up.
“I heard some of the
