Chapter TwoAs she walked towards the Pump Room, Anita looked round her with delight.
She had not expected Harrogate to be so pretty, and she had in fact been extremely apprehensive as she and Deborah had journeyed North in the train which carried them to a terminus in West Park.
The letters that Sarah had written so diligently had all received prompt replies.
The Countess of Charmouth wrote that she would be delighted to entertain her niece for the rest of the Season and would send a carriage to collect her, complete with an elderly maid to chaperone her on the journey.
What was even more practical, she sent Sarah some money to buy a new gown and bonnet in which to travel and she wrote.
“Everything else, my dear niece, can wait until you arrive, and I am quite certain from what you ha
