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"Not until September," Honoria confirer sister – was quite possibly the worst musician in the S quite a lot

"I think she ht need a little irl She just can’t see of it It must be difficult for her, with such a ape at her "Well," she said, perhaps a little desperately, "she does seem to prefer pantomimes"

"It’s hard to believe there is no one to play the violin between you and Harriet," Lady Winstead re, then set back to work

"Just Daisy," Honoria replied, referring to yet another cousin, this one from a different branch of the family, "but she’s already been drafted into service now that Viola has hter "You make it sound as if it’s a chore"

Honoria paused for just a h Or perhaps cry "Of course not," she finally ed to say "I adore the quartets"

Thatwith her cousins, even if she had to stuff her ears ads of cotton ahead of time It was just the performances that were awful

Or, as Sarah ont to put it, horrific

Ghastly

Apocalyptic

(Sarah always did have a bit of a tendency toward hyperbole)

But for some reason Honoria never did take the embarrassment personally, and she was able to keep a smile on her face the entire time And when she touched her bow to her instru, after all, and itto bring the conversation back to the previous topic, which was now so "previous" that it took her a moment to remember what it was, "I’ conversation" She sed "Babbling, really"

"It is better to oodterribly sage "Your sisters all found good husbands"

Honoria agreed, even if her brothers-in-laere not generally the sort of ht find herself attracted But they treated their wives with respect, every last one of them

"They did not all marry in their first season, either," Lady Winstead added, not looking up from her work

"True, but I believe they all did by the end of their second"

"Is that so?" Her ht Even Henrietta? Well, yes, I suppose she did, right at the end" She turned back to her task "You’ll find someone I’m not worried"