chapter 2

extract from the social column of the daily blague.

among those supping at chez ma tante i noticed beautiful linnet ridgeway. she was with the

hon. joanna southwood, lord windlesham and mr toby bryce. miss ridgeway, as everyone

knows, is the daughter of melhuish ridgeway who married anna hartz. she inherits from her

grandfather, leopold hartz, an immense fortune. the lovely linnet is the sensation of the moment

and it is rumoured that an engagement may be announced shortly. certainly lord windlesham

seemed very épris!