CHAPTER SIXSir Thomas did not come to the theatre the next evening. Instead he sent a note of apology along with an orchid in a box. “No beau this evening? quizzed Sophia. “He has been detained at a meeting in the City.”
“He must be very clever.” “Yes, he is.”
“And he has quite an eye for you! He does know that you’re from a fine family, doesn’t he?”
“I have told him just a little of my circumstances.”
“So, there’s no obstacle should he propose!”
“Only that I don’t want to marry him – ”
Sophia looked at their reflection in the mirror to see that Temia was blushing. “It’s his friend, isn’t it – the one who rarely speaks? I’ve seen his eyes on you and yours on his. Oh, to have two men in love with me like that!”
Temia moved quickly away, horrified that she had shown her feelings so tr
