Madeleine Robins by Lady John

Author:Lady John
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

If Olivia had, by a lucky stroke of fortune, missed the first announcement of Miss Casserley’s engagement to Menwin, she was not kept long in ignorance.

Arising early the morning after Lady Whelke’s party, she took her chocolate in bed, dressed, and wrote a few short notes which she had long meant to complete; finding that her mother was at last awake, she went to join her for breakfast. Mrs. Martingale was informed of the better part of the occurrences at Lady Whelke’s (although Olivia’s discussion with Lord Menwin was not disclosed), and the meal was enlivened by some cogent observations on the dress and manners of some of her fellow guests there. Mrs. Martingale tssked amiably at her daughter’s caricatures and began to shuffle through the cards of invitation, the letters, and the trades bills which had been brought in, together with the new issue of the Gazette. Mrs. Martingale happily gave the mail over for her daughter’s perusal and turned her own attention to the social news.

“Good heavens, Livvy, do look and see who is betrothed!” With the air of someone sharing a great joke, Mrs. Martingale offered the paper to her child, indicating the item of interest by the placement of her thumb.

BETROTHAL. An engagement has been contracted between Jane Alicia, daughter of Frederick Casserley, third Baron Whelke; and Matthew Arringfield Polry, Viscount Menwin, heir of the Earl of Mardries.

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