"Good, good," Algernon said, nodding. He was already planning to have a conversation like this with his wife, to see what her thoughts were. Belinda was, thankfully, reasonable enough that Algernon trusted her on this front--at least as much that he needed to give it little supervision, thankfully. He didn't know what he would do without her. Arrange a betrothal, probably, because there was no way he would ever suffer the work it took to chaperone a debutante through the season.

"Anyone of particular interest yet?" he asked.

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