Ruby gave Shona a sympathetic smile. "I doubt it, Miss Lukeson. You are so lovely that hadn't it been for me, someone else would have wanted to be in your company." It was true that Miss Lukeson had a very likable personality. Unlike Ruby, who used to be somewhat of a brat. She had used her father's position to befriend the wealthy and the important-sounding, with no regard to how genuine their relationship was. It was no wonder that it all crumbled like a house of cards.
Some distant quiet chatter could be heard. Ruby had become sensitive and assumed anything of that sort involved her.
"They'll soon forget it, Miss Lukeson," Ruby assured the girl quietly, feeling the need to do so. "The season is in a few months, they will be too busy choosing dresses and gossiping about who might be marrying who, to... Discuss your family matters."
Even the Urquart scandal wasn't brought up that much anymore. Ruby had danced with one of the Prewetts during the summer!
Some distant quiet chatter could be heard. Ruby had become sensitive and assumed anything of that sort involved her.
"They'll soon forget it, Miss Lukeson," Ruby assured the girl quietly, feeling the need to do so. "The season is in a few months, they will be too busy choosing dresses and gossiping about who might be marrying who, to... Discuss your family matters."
Even the Urquart scandal wasn't brought up that much anymore. Ruby had danced with one of the Prewetts during the summer!
set by MJ