Lord Reginald (Sons of the Marquess Book 1) by Mary Kingswood

Author:Mary Kingswood [Kingswood, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sutors Publishing
Published: 2017-09-11T23:00:00+00:00

13: Military Men

When Reggie’s dance with Miss Chamberlain came to an end, the captain was there waiting, naturally, ready to claim the lady’s hand for the next dance. Without waiting to be asked, Miss Chamberlain introduced the two men to each other, with the air of one doing both of them a great favour. The captain merely bowed and looked down his nose at Reggie, for unsurprisingly he was exceptionally tall, too, but Reggie was too polite to avoid a little conversation.

“Are you enjoying your first visit to London, Captain Daker?” he said in his blandest manner.

“Oh certainly. There are many delightful sights to be enjoyed.” He glanced at Miss Chamberlain as he spoke, so that she began to blush all over again.

“Do you have many acquaintance in town?”

“Not many, as yet, but there’s been no shortage of invitations, even to grand events like this.”

He smirked even more, and Reggie forebore to tell him that the Framptons were famous for inviting everyone who asked to their balls, merely replying, “I am very glad to hear it.”

“I’d like to get a card for the Marford House ball, though,” Daker said. “Maybe you—?”

Reggie shook his head, hoping his expression looked sufficiently regretful. “Lady Carrbridge draws up the invitation list, and I have no influence there, I do assure you. But I must not keep you from your charming partner any longer, Captain. Good evening to you, Miss Chamberlain.”

It was some compensation, as he later watched the captain demonstrate his superiority in the dance, to know that there were places and events to which Reggie would undoubtedly be invited but the captain, for all his many talents, would not.

He was so engrossed in observing Miss Chamberlain’s progress down the set that it took a sharp tug on his sleeve to attract his attention.

“What the—? Oh, it is you, Monty. Whatever is the matter?”

“You are wanted, over there in the corner beside the sphinx. No, not that sphinx, the very large one with punch pouring from its mouth.”

“But why—? Oh Lord!”

He saw the difficulty at once. Miss Salmond was having a spirited discussion with several young men, in fact, the three possible suitors that Reggie had found for her. As he made his way towards the group, he mentally changed the word ‘discussion’ to ‘argument’. All four were talking rather heatedly and at some volume.

“Miss Salmond, is anything amiss?”

She turned surprised eyes on him. “Amiss? Why, not the least thing in the world, Lord Reginald. Whatever gave you such an idea?”

“There seemed to be some dispute under way,” he said mildly.

“Oh yes! Is it not delightful? We are discussing the use of gas for lighting, and Mr Kemper is of the opinion that it is quite unsafe to use inside houses, although it might be practicable in an outdoor situation, but Mr Cordiner is quite determined to install gas lighting in his own house to prove its worth, and Mr Walters has been explaining how it might best be made. One uses coal, apparently. It is so interesting.

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