SHE DANCED ALONE IN THE EMPTY BALLROOM AFTER MIDNIGHT-UNAWARE THE DUKE WAS WATCHING

book in her apron pocket, and when she thought no one was looking, she would slip into a window seat behind a curtain to read for four minutes before closing lines to go back to work. He learned that her name was Vivien from a maid who said lines in passing to another maid while he was listening around the corner: “Miss Vivien says the pears want another continue reading …