Miss Cresswell's London Triumph by Evelyn Richardson - Miss Cresswell's London Triumph

Author:Evelyn Richardson - Miss Cresswell's London Triumph [Richardson, Evelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780451167408
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Goodreads: 7085884
Publisher: Signet
Published: 1990-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

As Ned had surmised, Cassie was with Horace busily working at the Comte de Vaudron’s. Feeling guilty about having abstained from visiting the comte because she had wished to avoid Horace, Cassie had thrown herself back into their endeavor with renewed energy and had happily spent her morning amid friezes and fragments of statues. She enjoyed the quiet of the comte’s library after the constant bustle of Mainwaring House, but even more, she enjoyed the feeling of silent companionship as she, Horace, and the comte sat working, each absorbed in his or her own particular project.

There had been more commotion than usual in Grosvenor Square that morning as Mainwaring House girded its loins for the ball in honor of Cassie’s come-out. Frances, ordinarily the least ostentatious of hostesses and the most sympathetic of sisters, this time had turned a deaf ear to Cassie’s remonstrances.

“Fanny, there’s not the least need to go to all that bother,” Cassie protested. “I’ve been introduced to most of the ton already. They know and I know I shall never cut a dash, so there’s really no need to bring me to their attention further. I’ve met enough of them to feel certain that I don’t wish to spend my entire life in society. I’m happy as I am, so a ball is really to no purpose.” She did not add, though she might have, that since she also had an extremely eligible prospect, there was no longer any reason for her to be introduced to marriageable young men. It was common knowledge in the household that since Lord Mainwaring’s return, Horace had been assiduous in his efforts to seek the marquess out but had met with little success. With unerring instinct he always seemed to arrive at Grosvenor Square just minutes after Julian had left.

“And a good thing, too,” Higgins commented, unbending a little to confide in Cook. Ordinarily the most dignified of mortals, who would never indulge in anything so far beneath him as to gossip, especially with his inferiors, Higgins found this matter to be of such serious concern that he relaxed his rigid principles. “This Horace Wilbraham is not the match for her. Our Cassie wants someone who’s awake on every suit. He is far too dull for her. She would be bored within a month and she could never get along for long with someone made as nervous by horses as he is.”

Cook nodded sagely as she handed him another slice of plum cake. “Aye, you’re in the right of it, Mr. Higgins. Our Miss Cassie’s much too lively for the likes of him. She wants someone who knows all about them Greek fellows she’s so interested in as well as someone who will help her cut a dash. Leastways, she’s much too pretty to waste her life as a spinster. She needs a man who is adventurous as Master Freddie but with a little more in the brain box.” She paused for a moment, fixing a ruminative stare on the remains of the plum cake.

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