Chapter 19

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​⁠Lord Garrow, under his daughter's command, had issued invitations for a dinner-party that same evening to a few friends, who, it was hoped, would support the Meeting which Reckage was endeavouring to organise as a protest against Dr. Temple's nomination. The guests included Reckage himself, Orange, Charles Aumerle, the Dowager Countess of Larch, Hartley Penborough, Lady Augusta Hammit, and the Bis