![]() ![]() Although her father had been a gentleman, he had been a mere country parson. Without even being quite aware of the fact, Harriet thought, she had been elevated socially. He had left a generous portion to their daughter. He had always insisted that she have pretty and fashionable clothes. Though of course he had always been generous to her. And until his death fifteen months before, she had been quite ignorant of the fact that he was a very wealthy man. It was still hard to believe that her four-year marriage to Godfrey gave her entrance to ton events. They had lived so simply and so quietly in Bath that she had scarcely been aware of the significance of the fact that he was a baron. ![]() Harriet shivered beneath her wrap, partly from the slight chill of the evening air and partly from nervous apprehension. Fifteen minutes later the four of them were in Sir Clive’s carriage on the way to the Earl of Avingleigh’s home on Berkeley Square. ![]()
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