“Lord Wilchester was paying a lot of attention to you,” Lady Langdon had said last night as they drove home. “You have certainly made a conquest. I wish I could think that he might propose to you, but I am afraid that is aiming too high.”
Hermia had not replied and Lady Langdon went on,
“Lord Wilchester is one of the most charming young men I have met for a long time. He has a large estate in Oxfordshire, besides owning Wilchester House in London which is quite exceptional.”
She had sighed before she added,
“But it is expecting too much. Every ambitious mother in London has been trying to capture him for their daughters and I think if he marries anybody it will be one of the Duke of Bedford’s daughters.”
Hermia had not thought about it again, but now she knew without Lord Wilchester s
