The Merry Lives of Spinsters by Rebecca Connolly

Author:Rebecca Connolly [Rebecca Connolly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Phase Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

As it happened, Georgie found herself growing enormously fond of Lord Sterling and his wife. Lord Sterling had the same sort of wit and humor as his cousin and expressed it in such a droll way that one could miss it if not paying close heed. He danced well and kept up a steady stream of conversation without plaguing her with unnecessary commentary. He’d instructed her to look delighted no matter what he said and to laugh on occasion so that Tony might have some fear and trepidation about their topics of conversation, and Georgie had played along.

Sure enough, the moment they had returned, Tony had demanded to know what they spoke of, and her aloofness made him even more agitated. The look on his face when he behaved so was particularly endearing, and he continued to give her consternated looks the rest of the evening, no matter where she was.

At the present, she was enjoying herself by watching the dance in the company of Lady Hetty, who always had the most delightful things to say about whatever she was witnessing. And as Jane Wilton was currently dancing with a particularly fine man in uniform that they did not know, the speculation from the older woman was utter perfection. Georgie laughed so much her sides began to ache, and she had difficulty containing that laugh in a ladylike fashion.

Tony, however, wasn’t watching the couple. He was dancing with Grace, who looked the picture of the goddess she was. He would make her laugh, then they would send speculative glances in Georgie’s direction.

When she could manage, Georgie would stare just as boldly back.

“What are the two of you playing at?” Lady Hetty suddenly asked from beside her.

Georgie turned to look at her in surprise. “I beg your pardon?”

Lady Hetty had never looked so derisive in all the years Georgie had known her. “Come now, Georgie. I’ve seen the two of you together, and now I am seeing you stare at each other across the ballroom. There is a connection there.”

Heart suddenly pounding in her ears, Georgie tried to swallow and look completely baffled by this insinuation. “My lady, Captain Sterling and I are friends, and we have been for some weeks.”

“Friends don’t look at each other like that,” the older woman asserted bluntly, her wrinkled visage somehow turning more severe.

Georgie laughed a false, grating laugh. “Oh, no, Lady Hetty, I am teasing him. I danced with Lord Sterling, and Tony believes we spoke of him. He’s been trying to get the details out of me all night, and I am playing coy. There is nothing in it, I promise.”

Lady Hetty suddenly gave her a smug smirk. “Tony, is it? Well…” She returned her gaze to the dance, then made a noise of disapproval. “And there he is dancing with that charlatan.”

“Grace?” Georgie coughed and shook her head. “She is lovely, Lady Hetty. And one of the Spinsters.”

Lady Hetty shook her head. “I don’t trust a girl so fair and fine to be a spinster for the right reasons.

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