Only by reputation? That was odd, wasn't it? Ophelia would have thought that if November's brother and Miss Finch were involved enough to elope, Nova would have had cause to meet her at some point — but she didn't really know how often she spent time with her brothers, so perhaps not. But, at least, she ought to have known something by now, even if she had only learned it after their elopement and even if it was only through letters — wouldn't he have been eager to tell his family about his new bride, if they were so very much in love? Why hide her away in Paris like this?

"I'm acquainted with her sister," Ophelia said with a shrug. She had no particular opinions on the older sister one way or another; she was simply another facet of society, and close enough in age to Ophelia that she was a more natural conversation partner than some of the older married women who frequented the events of the season. "She's bookish, I think — and a little awkward, perhaps. I heard her father arranged the match to the American because she couldn't find a husband on her own — though that's obviously untrue, as we now know," she remarked. "Do you have any idea how long they've known each other?"