Young Lady Albert Is Courting Disaster: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 5] by Saki

Author:Saki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3

It wasn’t unusual at all for the young Lady Albert to receive invitations to parties. There were plenty of families, not just within her own nation but also abroad, who wished to form connections with House Albert. (Everyone formally sent her such letters...except for a select few, who’d say things like, “Lady Mary, here’s your invitation! Go on, read it! And you can reply to me right here, right now!”)

(Or one would tearily explain, “I was worried it might not reach you, and before I knew it I was already in a carriage myself...!”)

Following this, Mary would send her reply, and on the day of the event, she’d arrive adorned in a beautiful gown. She would exchange greetings with the guest of honor, strengthen the family connections, and once the party ended, she’d send the host a thank-you letter and a gift. This was the thing called diplomacy—a responsibility which all those born into reputable families had to bear.

Having received another such letter, Mary casually opened it up. The invitation had a polite greeting and inoffensive content, but her eyes paused in one particular place, and her lips tugged up into a smirk.

“Adi, look. The way my name’s written here is a bit strange,” she said, pointing with her finger to a certain part of the page. Adi leaned over to glance at it.

The text read “Mery Albert”—her name was slightly misspelled. However, the envelope was neatly addressed to her, so there was no possibility of anyone else having received it.

Among high society, this was poor etiquette. Not to mention, the letter was intended for one of the Alberts, so great care should’ve been taken in writing the name of the addressee. It may have been simply an invitation letter, but even so, if Mary decided to be cranky and complain to her father, the relationship between the two families might suffer.

“You’re right. How rude of them—who sent this?” Adi asked.

“House Barthez. It’s from a relative of Veltina.”

“Ahh, I see.” He nodded in understanding, picking up the letter.

So this was to be a party held by House Barthez. More specifically, it’d be hosted by a relative of Veltina’s who lived by the border, but there was no way that girl didn’t have something to do with this. Most likely, she had convinced her relative that Mary Albert was her acquaintance, and written the letter herself.

“Well, you can’t really call her tactics cunning,” Adi commented. “Her methods are very plain.”

“I bet she was trying to stop me from attending,” Mary said, tapping the poorly written script of her name. “You’ll need to be more daring than that!” she added, as if she were addressing Veltina. Sure, misspelling her name was a faux pas, but even so, pretending she hadn’t noticed would be the mature thing for Mary to do. Making a fuss about it could cause embarrassment for both families.

Veltina must’ve thought as much too—that even if Mary had noticed the mistake, she’d just overlook it. If Mary complained about

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