Rich People Problems-Kwan 2017 (WWT)

how Kitty would react.
“How interesting,” Kitty finally said in a frighteningly neutral tone.
“Colette looks awful, doesn’t she? Without her usual makeup and jewelry, she’s such a
plain Jane—her common features really come out.” Wandi sniggered.
“She looks like she’s fallen on hard times,” Tatiana remarked.
Kitty let out a little laugh. “I can assure you Colette hasn’t fallen on hard times. She’s
just trying to appear modest to impress her new relatives. They look like the sort of
people Corinna Ko-Tung is always trying to introduce me to. Well, good luck to her and
her new English life.”
Georgina was relieved that Kitty was taking it all so well. She was crossing her fingers,
hoping to God that Kitty had completely missed the articles about the bridegroom when
Kitty suddenly asked, “So do we know anything about the Rochambords?”
Damn, she’s read everything, Wandi said to herself.
“I’ve never heard of them.” Georgina sniffed.
“Hey, I’m at this house party on Mustique right now, and there’s a girl here who might
know,” Tatiana offered, adding rather unnecessarily, “She comes from a high-society
family in France, from what I’m told.”
Tatiana padded out onto the terrace of the Balinese-style villa, where the girlfriend of
her husband’s business partner sat sipping black coffee out of a bowl. “Lucie, I’m on the
phone with some friends. Have you ever heard of a family in France called the
Rochambords?”
“Which branch?” Lucie asked.
“Um…I don’t know. We know someone who married a guy whose mother is a
Rochambord. Here, let me put you on speakerphone…”
“The mother’s name is Liliane Rochambord,” Georgina offered.
Lucie’s eyes widened. “Liliane de Rochambord? Are you talking about the mother of
Lucien Montagu-Scott?”
“Yes! Do you know him?” Tatiana asked excitedly.
Lucie shook her head with a sigh. “I don’t know him personally, but my God, every girl
in France was madly in love with him. I mean, he’s a future duc, and his mother is one of
the Bretagne Rochambords, not the Paris branch that are the poorer cousins.”
“But who are the Rochambords?” Georgina pressed on.
“Oh, they are an ancienne famille de la noblesse…how do you say…an ancient noble
family that intermarried with the Bourbons, and their line goes back to Louis XIII. The
Paris branch has all the vineyards—you know, Château de Rochambord—but the Bretagne
Rochambords own one of the biggest military defense companies in France. They make
all the submarines and ships for the French navy. So who’s your friend that married
Lucien?”
“Colette Bing. But she’s not our friend exactly,” Tatiana said awkwardly.
“She’s a socialite and fashion blogger from Shanghai that—” Wandi began.