Chapter 21

"You have a marvelous mansion, Lord Tennyson, " one of the ladies smiled at his father. "Very sad Lady Charlotte could not be joining us during these past few days, they've been most entertaining."

"I apologize on her behalf she couldn't be here. "

"Why? Is the lady well?" someone else asked.

"She's better now, Lady Anna. Thank you. I believe it was the seasonal indisposition ladies sometimes suffer from when autumn approaches "

"How inconvenient." The lady...