She had been introduced to a number of young men who were staying with friends in the vicinity and they all asked her when she was coming to London.
That was a question she could answer quite easily, but she merely responded,
“I am not sure – ”
“Will you let me know if you do come?” more than two or three had asked and they had given her the address of their Club or their lodgings.
Raina had turned their cards out of her evening bag when she unpacked it at home and threw them away. She knew that there was no chance of her going to London and she was unlikely ever to see any of the young men again.
Now she wondered if perhaps she should have kept the addresses as, if she was turned out of the Vicarage, she might be glad of acquaintances somewhere in London, but she could hardly call th
