After the ball

The night passed, and the girls slept at the inn. Lucinda, as always, was curious and excited, hovering around her sister, eager to know who the nobleman she had danced with the previous night was.

"Cateline! How long are you going to keep it a secret? What's wrong with telling me who he was?"

Lucinda was almost losing her patience, but she stopped asking questions when Mrs. Ellen appeared with breakfast.

The girls were having their meal at the inn before returning to the farm.

"Don't irritate your sister... you know she has to remain calm."

Ellen said, trying not to meddle, but she could see how...