Chapter SevenPrunella pulled back the curtains from her bedroom window before Charity came to call her.
It was a sunny morning and she had the feeling that she was taking a momentous step into the unknown and she had no idea what would happen in the future.
How could she and Nanette wander about the world simply with the object of avoiding two men?
Then she told herself sharply that she had to do what was right and that was to prevent Nanette from marrying a blatant fortune-hunter.
She dressed quickly expecting every moment to hear Charity’s knock on the door.
She thought perhaps her clock was wrong and then remembered that it had been erratic for some time.
When she was dressed, she did not stop to admire her new gown in the mirror, but walked briskly through the sitting room toward
