A Marriageable Miss by Dorothy Elbury

Author:Dorothy Elbury [Elbury, Dorothy]
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Romance & Sagas, Historical romance
ISBN: 9780263209914
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited
Published: 2009-12-15T01:31:57.734000+00:00

Some time later, however, although his promise of acquiring cooling drinks for them had eventually been fulfilled by the arrival of a waiter bearing a tray of glasses, of the earl himself there was still no sign. Her ladyship had taken to muttering tetchy imprecations under her breath and Helena who, having spent most of the time tormenting herself as to the reasons behind his prolonged absence, now held herself entirely responsible for his failure to return. Having done her best to dismiss the highly embarrassing incident on the dance floor from her mind, she was unable to fully recall the exact train of events that had followed her initial shock at seeing Barrington. She remembered Markfield urging her to pull herself together, along with his helping her back to her seat, considerations for which she had felt entirely grateful at the time, although she was bound to admit that his subsequent haste to remove himself from her presence had left her in little doubt as to his feelings over the incident. Biting back the tears that threatened, she could only suppose that his lordship, disinclined to subject himself to any further public discredit at her hands, had elected to steer well clear of her for the duration! Just how much worse could this dreadful evening possibly get, she wondered forlornly as, conjuring up a counterfeit smile, she rose to her feet to allow Charles Standish to escort her, for the second time in Markfield’s absence, out on to the dance floor.

‘Can’t think what can be keeping Richard,’ he said, looking towards the doorway with a puzzled frown. ‘It’s not like him to be so neglectful of his duties. Grandmama is not at all happy about it, I can tell you!’

Reflecting that it was unlikely that her ladyship could be feeling as wretched as she herself did at this moment, Helena merely shook her head and tried to focus her attention on the complicated movements of the cotillion.

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