“That won’t be necessary thank you Miss Tweedy, I don’t keep a lady’s maid but my sisters’ will do,” she replied, trying not to think about how bedraggled she must look. Not being a doyenne of society hardly meant she relished looking a state in public; women in her position could hardly afford a single hair out of place, let alone this.

“If you wouldn’t mind letting Mr Keene know…well, he hardly needs to know all of the details, I’m sure you’ll think of something.”

She was awkward now, babbling, unable to think of what to say.

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Lady made me sexy <3