She felt her whole being crying out to him, telling him of her plight.
Then she remembered that he would be away for the whole day, first racing and then dining with his friends.
She was certain that the party included some beautiful lady, who would amuse him so that he would never give her a thought or have any idea what was happening in his absence.
She recalled that he had said he was dining with the Cavendishes and it was then she remembered that the beautiful lady festooned with rubies he had addressed as Georgina was the wife of Lord Cavendish.
As she felt agonisingly that it would be a long time before he learned what had happened to her, she knew that she loved him.
It was not a shock, but she knew that ever since he had appeared like a Knight coming to her rescue, he had fill
