Mr. Malcolm's List by Suzanne Allain

Author:Suzanne Allain [Suzanne Allain]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Nov. Rom
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

For the next week everyone was busy making preparations for the upcoming ball. The ladies had volunteered to assist Lady Kilbourne in writing out the invitations, and when they were finished Selina and Malcolm drove around the neighborhood delivering them. The ladies also took a trip to Tunbridge Wells, where they purchased the items that were not available at the nearby village.

Selina had found an illustration in a book called “Costumes of the Ancients” in Malcolm’s library and took it to the modiste. Her dress was to be white, with silver cording that crossed between her breasts and at her waist. She had thought at first that it would have been more fun to dress a little more exotically, perhaps as a sultana or a gypsy girl, but now she was becoming excited about dressing as Selene. She was having a crescent moon headpiece made, and she had also found a picture of a coiffure in the same book.

Julia was very interested in Selina’s preparations for her masquerade costume and insisted on helping her. Selina thought Julia was trying to make up for her previous behavior and thought it was rather sweet of her. She had no idea that Julia was making an exact copy of her costume.

For Julia had not given up on her plan to humiliate the Honorable Jeremy Malcolm. She had been indulged her entire life and taught to believe that she was superior to all others, and it had mortified her when she could not attract the notice of the prime catch on the marriage mart. Then when Selina came and seemed to catch his notice so easily she had been even further infuriated, even though she had planned for it to happen. What had disturbed her was that Malcolm had liked Selina even without the stratagems Julia had believed to be necessary. Julia did not like feeling herself inferior to others, and she had hated playing second fiddle to Selina for the past few weeks. When her new plan succeeded Selina would be relegated back to second place, and Mr. Malcolm would learn what a mistake he made in spurning her.

The only flaw in her plan that she could see was that Mr. Ossory seemed to admire Selina as well. If a match between Selina and Malcolm came to nothing, then it was entirely possible that Mr. Ossory would offer for Selina, a thought which greatly upset Julia. Julia wanted Mr. Ossory to admire her, even though she would obviously never marry him. He was a respectable match, to be sure, but he was not good enough for Julia Thistlewaite.

Although there were times Julia felt he was too good for her. His character was so noble, so open and honest, that when she was with him it made her ashamed of the deception she was planning. However, Julia did not allow these rare pricks of conscience to deter her from her goal. Once set on a course of action, she was not the type to shrink back from carrying it to its conclusion, no matter what the consequences.

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