Phantom Fortune Chapter 30 - Roses Choked Among the Thorns and Thistles'

In which Lady Lesbia, beset by mounting debts and anxious about her social standing, is gently counselled by Lady Kirkbank to delay confessing her financial troubles while she navigates the British season's demands of fashion and festivity. Amidst elegant invitations and the splendour of Rood Hall, she contemplates her future and the heavy cost of maintaining her place among London’s set, as the burden of her obligations quietly weighs upon her heart.