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

ate with Mrs. Pharaoh and Mr. Holston in the housekeeper’s room. Mrs. Pharaoh gave her an extra piece of pie, and Mr. Holston, who had not smiled in 15 years except for her, smiled twice.

Petra did not speak to Vivien again. Cecily whispered to her in the hall the next morning, “Is he really going to marry you?” and Vivien replied, “He has not asked,continue reading …