![]() She’d been able to do that for as long as she could remember. An important addendum to that particular lesson was this: The best of allies was often the best of friends.Īnd perhaps first on the list of things she had learned in her lifetime was how to tie a Carrick bend knot. Coachmen tended to talk a fine game when it came to keeping secrets, but they were ultimately beholden to those who paid their salaries. She’d also learned that any decent escape from her Mayfair home required the cover of darkness and a carriage driven by an ally. A woman never knew when she might require a bit of rope, or a knife to cut it. ![]() She’d learned, for example, that if a lady could not get away with wearing trousers (an unfortunate reality for the daughter of an earl, even one who had begun life without title or fortune), then she should absolutely ensure that her skirts included pockets. ![]() In twenty-eight years and three hundred and sixty-four days, Lady Henrietta Sedley liked to think that she’d learned a few things. ![]()
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