“That was charming! Read me another, my dear.”
Caroline was half-way through another poem when there came another knock at the door. Dorcas went to it, spoke to someone outside, then came across the room with a grim expression on her face.
“His lordship’s compliments, and will Miss Fry descend to the Library.”
Caroline felt her heart give a sudden leap. So she was to see Lord Brecon. What would he say to her? She closed the book she held in her hand and looked at Lady Brecon.
“‘Tis certain she has made mischief,’ Dorcas said in her deep voice.
There was no need to ask who ‘she’ was. All three women knew to whom Dorcas referred.
“Will you go down to my son?” Lady Brecon said to Caroline. “Please tell him that I have engaged you as my companion. I would like you to start immediately at
