Chapter 22: A Right-Minded Great Lady

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​⁠The bow, the welcome, and the introductory remarks passed rapidly as the pull at two sides of a curtain opening on a scene that stiffens courtliness to hard attention.

After the names of Admiral Baldwin and ‘the Mr. Woodseer,’ the name of Whitechapel was mentioned by Lady Arpington. It might have been the name of any other place.

‘Ah, so far, then, I have to instruct you,’ she said, observing the yo