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

in the way of many quiet women at loud parties.

But she loved to dance. She had learned as a small girl in her father’s small drawing room before the money went away. Her father had lifted her onto his boots and walked her around the rug while humming a tune.

She could still hear the tune in her head if she listened, and she heard lines now. She turned continue reading …