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Now I see I was correct. ” Lucy had the good grace to blush. “Aunt Rachel has been called to her good friend’s bedside in Half Moon Street on a mission of mercy. It seems poor Mrs. ” “Now, why do I doubt that? ” the earl questioned suavely. Tilting her head to one side, Lucy brazened it out, although she was not best pleased at the way things were going. Nothing was happening as she had thought it would when first she had hatched this scheme. “No, it is all a hum, a great bag of moonshine I invented to draw Aunt Rachel away at the crucial moment.

HER BEST-LAID PLANS Lucy realized from the first that there were a few hurdles to overcome before she could make Lord Thorpe want to make her his bride. First there was the exquisitely beautiful, scandalously fashionable Lady Cynthia Buxley to whom Lord Thorpe was already engaged. Then there was the unfortunate fact that even after three London Seasons Lord Thorpe barely knew Lucy existed, and disliked the little he did know. And now there was a further complication: the rumor that Thorpe’s name was linked to a woman who supposedly had borne him a child.

Thinking that perhaps Aunt Rachel could enlighten her as to what was going forward, and not really interested enough to have to winnow out the facts from the extraneous exposition that excited gabblemongers would generously sprinkle into their version of the scandal, she made for the woman’s side and made herself comfortable on one of the fan-backed chairs. “My goodness, Aunt, have you ever seen anything to match it? Anyone would think Prinny had just announced he was giving up his title to marry a scullery maid.