CHAPTER SEVENThe next day, as Rock said, ‘the balloon went up’.
His mother had written to all her friends in France, as she was thinking she must help her son on what would obviously be a most difficult honeymoon.
Lady Manvill had also written and, as she had lived in France for a time, she knew a great number of people.
Invitations poured in and most of them would have been exceedingly hurt and distressed if the young couple had refused them.
To Venetia it was a new excitement she had not expected and it made up for the balls she had missed as a debutante.
Her enjoyment was so infectious that everyone who entertained her and Rock invited the young couple again.
There were endless balls in Paris and in the glorious châteaux in the country.
Venetia found it all enchanting and delight
