Phantom Fortune Chapter 20 - Lady Maulevrier's Letter-Bag

In which the wary Lady Maulevrier, confined by infirmity, entrusts the astute Lady Kirkbank with the careful introduction of her granddaughter Lesbia to the dazzling but treacherous world of London society, hoping to shield her from youthful indiscretions and scandalous whispers. Letters exchanged reveal the earnest preparations for Lesbia’s season and the grandmother’s silent anxieties about the shadows cast by family secrets, as the young debutante steps tentatively into a realm of high fashion, cautious ambition, and subtle intrigue.