Chapter Nine
~March 27~
Bel happily left her sister in their room the following afternoon and ran down to join her aunt in the drawing room. Lady Blakemore had let it be known to a great many people the previous evening that she would be “at home” that afternoon. As a well-respected member of society, she was expecting quite a crowd.
Only a quarter of an hour after she’d opened her home, fifteen people had already arrived. Some of them Bel had met the previous evening, and some were entirely new to her. Still, she eagerly waited for Lord Conway to come.
She spotted Lord Bertram and accidentally made eye contact. He immediately came forward, another young lady in tow. “Lord Bertram, how lovely to see you again,” Bel said politely.
“And you, Miss Kendrick. May I present my good friend,
