Previously: The Bride
Marble Hill House, one week later
Dearest Reader,
After a most remarkable wedding, it seems the Count and Countess Mironov are the talk of Mayfair. Whatever dark cloud was hanging over them appears to have finally dissipated, for the newlyweds have begun attending social functions in lieu of a honeymoon, and are even planning their very first ball together. The Count in particular has promised a night of "proper Russian revelry"....
Cordelia Patridge crumpled Lady Whistledown's scandal sheet and promptly tossed it into the fire.