Although she was wearing very little jewellery, as was correct for a young girl, her dress had Paris written all over it and was, in fact, quite the prettiest gown that she had ever seen.
All the flowers on it glittered with endless diamanté that looked like raindrops.
The Viscount’s grandmother gave her two beautiful diamond stars to wear in her hair.
“As you are so young,” the Dowager Countess said, “you are only allowed one single string of pearls. But they are very beautiful ones and there is a bracelet to match that is simple but very pretty.”
“They are lovely! Very lovely!” Salvia exclaimed. “You are so kind to lend me these beautiful jewels. I am only afraid of losing them.”
“You are not to be afraid of anything tonight,” the Dowager Countess told her, “not even of the Prince w
