His Lady Mistress

Elizabeth Rolls241panied her across the flagstones. ‘It’s very kind of you, sir,but I shall be better directly. I just need to sit quietly for amoment, you know,’ she told him.‘Not at all, ma’am,’ he assured her. ‘A pleasure. The ballroomwas a trifle stuffy.’He sat down beside her. And Verity suddenly realised whatshe had done. She was alone on the terrace with one of London’smost notorious rakes.