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Scarlett gave a coy s in Miss Pendleton’s ear when she retires to the ladies’ rooh to suppose he holds some affection for her”

“If I’estured to the foppish lord and the lady who, in Benedict’s opinion, paled in comparison to Cassandra

“Some men have no shame” Scarlett tutted “Cassandra, I know you won’t think so now, but you should thank the person who left you in Hyde Park and sent Benedict the letter”

Cassandra looked at Benedict in the same heated way she had when they’d satisfied their lustful cravings Although satisfied was hardly the right word Desire for his wife continually simmered beneath the surface

“On the contrary, I’m more thankful than you could ever know,” Cassandra said, radiant in her happiness “Indeed, thefor the villain, the less it matters”

“Discovering the truth is important, else mistrust eats away at you like a deadly poison,” Verity said so closure”

“Hoe ever find the truth when I cannot reht?”

“Youbefore you became unwell There must have been a moment when the room suddenly felt different”

“Try to think about what you do reested, rather excited about the prospect, “not what you don’t Come, let us move closer to the terrace doors The music is so loud it is difficult to concentrate”

They did as Verity suggested and found a quiet spot near a fake blossoician and those cooing over the ice sculptures

“Nohat do you remember?” Verity said as if she worked for an inspector at Bow Street “Even the ht be important” One almost expected her to pluck a pencil from behind her ear and ask if anyone had a pocketbook

A frown rew distant as she scanned the crowded ballroo the floor When she looked up at the chandelier, at the candles fla, she blinked rapidly

“Murray had gone to fetch eat leone for a while I reht die if she waited for him to quench her thirst”

“Did he say what kept him?” Wycliff asked suspiciously

“No But when I woke the nextin the park, I could taste the sweet remnants of the lemonade That was the last drink to pass my lips”