The woman seemed sure. Ivy's immediate thought was to think her mad — anyone, after all, could name the Broadmoors. Cleon and Ivy had been on Baxter's Knoll together with Orwell and Thomasin, and both were known to have grown up in Bridgerton — describing the Broadmoors was not proof.

But Ezra Abercrombie was an Unspeakable. Ivy's gaze was hard as she looked the woman up and down. The look did not enlighten her. She bit back her first response: There is no Persephone Broadmoor.

(If the woman was mad, then telling her that fact may just set her off. Ivy was sure that she could beat this woman in a fight, but she might knock over some of the furniture, and then she'd have to explain things to Winnie.)

"If you've known me for so long," Ivy said, "Tell me about myself."