He wished to know if she'd be attending—oh! Roslyn hoped her face didn't register her surprise too aggressively, and the fresh debutante hastened to cover the reaction instead with a smile.

"I should have to check with my mama," she answered almost apologetically. "I confess, I haven't quite gotten the hang of...all this."

That she even need to say as much, though, she thought to be a good sign: plainly, she had not come across as a total imbecile, for she thought—as she met them with her own—that Mr. Ross had very nice eyes.