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Chapter TwoLooking round the dining room, Delysia could understand why Fleur found London so very much more exciting than the country. They were a party of twenty and, when the guests had arrived, she was sure that it would be impossible anywhere to find more beautiful women gathered in one place or smarter and more distinguished men. There was no doubt, however, that Fleur outshone them all. Lady Matlock, in a glittering gown with what Delysia thought an embarrassingly low décolleté, looked as if she should be on the stage rather than in a lady’s drawing room. She learnt that Lord Sheldon had been asked to bring an extra man for her to make the numbers right. When this gentleman sat next to her at the table, she could see that everyone else seemed to be paired off with partners who t