The narrow lace that ran round it in rows was, she knew, handmade and must have been very expensive. She found some silk thread in her work basket that matched it.
Opening the top of the reticule, which was pulled together by a ribbon that a lady could hold over her arm, Shenda was aware that there were some objects inside it.
She carefully took them out.
There was a handkerchief edged with lace and exquisitely embroidered with Lady Gratton’s initials.
There was a tiny gold box containing lip salve and another larger box that was rather like a snuffbox that her Ladyship used for powder.
Shenda looked at them with interest, thinking that they were a very luxurious way of carrying cosmetics.
She found one box had a clasp set with diamonds, while the other had the initial ‘L’ on it in s
