At least, all these people must be called guests, he supposed, though it was not he who had invited them. Avery had viewed the room with distaste earlier-so many chairs? But now he stood out in the tiled hall, awaiting the arrival of the last of his guests. Chairs had been arranged in three neat rows to face a large oak table from behind which Brumford presumably intended to hold court at the appointed hour. A few weeks previously the widow of the late earl had sent the solicitor to Bath to make a final settlement upon the young woman she knew her husband had supported from childhood on-presumably his illegitimate daughter.Įdwin Goddard, His Grace of Netherby’s secretary, had seen to the set-up of the rose salon. In the meantime, the members of the Westcott family, relatives of the recently deceased Earl of Riverdale, have been summoned by his solicitor to an important meeting at the home of Avery Archer, Duke of Netherby, guardian of the new earl. Anna Snow, a teacher at the orphanage in Bath where she grew up, supported by an unknown benefactor, is summoned to London by a solicitor who wishes to discuss her future.
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