Last Gentleman Standing
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“So Miss Reynolds is also in London,” Olivia said. “Do you have her direction? I should call, of course.”
Flora looked surprised, then pleased. She readily gave the address. A few minutes later, Olivia rose to go. The grins that Hilda and Beatrice exchanged as the Townsend sisters departed only confirmed Randolph’s suspicions. Those two would bear watching.
“A pair of slightly…fatiguing young ladies,” Robert said when they were gone. Hilda frowned at him.
“Their father’s a nabob,” Flora replied. “Positively dripping with oriental jewels.”
At Robert’s raised eyebrow, she looked self-conscious. Indeed, the remark wasn’t like her, Randolph thought.
“I’m quoting an acquaintance,” Flora added. “Their mother is a relation of the Duke of Devonshire.”
“Cavendish or Boyle?”
“I don’t know.” Flora turned away, dismissing the topic with a turn of her shoulder. “Are you enjoying London, Hilda?” she asked.
“I think I shall,” said Hilda, who’d obviously been filing this information away. “Even more than I expected. Miss Beatrice Townsend invited me to call on her.”
“You must ask your sister for permission,” Randolph said.
“Of course I will. But she’ll be happy. She was saying just the other day that it was too bad I hadn’t any friends of my own in London.”
Perhaps he should drop a word about Miss Townsend in Georgina’s ear, Randolph thought. He became certain of it when he mentioned the menagerie on their drive home, and Hilda said, “Oh, never mind.”
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