chapter sixIdona found that dinner was more enjoyable than she had expected in view of her apprehension about what she had promised to do for Rosebel.
The Marquis had asked two of his men friends to join them to make them an even number and they laughed and sparred with each other.
Idona found herself feeling once again that she was listening to a witty amusing play like the classic comedies she had read with her mother.
When the Dowager rose to take the ladies into the drawing room and they had left the gentlemen to their port, Rosebel yawned ostentatiously and said,
“I am tired. After so many late nights in succession it’s a relief that we can go to bed early tonight.”
“I remember you saying once,” the Dowager said sharply, “that you thought it was a waste of time to go to bed befor
