They had been introduced earlier that day, and Rowena had immediately been attracted by his merry talk and fun loving nature.
“Thank you,” she laughed.
“You don’t mind my saying so?”
“Of course not. Why should I?”
“I was afraid I might have offended you the last time we met,” he said.
“But have we ever – ?” She stopped and her hand flew to her mouth.
“At the Rackingham’s ball last month,” he explained. “You promised me a dance and then forgot me – completely, it seems, since when Mark ‘introduced’ us this morning you gave no sign of ever having seen me before.”
Filled with horror, she blushed as the memory came back to her.
“I don’t know what to say,” she exclaimed. “Yes, I do remember you now – ”
“Dished,” he said mournfully. “It’s bad enough when the loveliest girl in the world
