"Ooooh," Lady Gwendolyn said. "How-" delightful! "-dreadful! That a family as close as the Mountford-Miles could be so estranged from one another!" She put a hand to her heart dramatically. "You know, I had always heard the Mountford-Miles clan stretched the boundaries of familial affection, but it does seem they are determined to put the lie to such universally accepted reports. And to think someone as controlled as Edith upset in public... and in Hyde Park...!"
Oooh, might this have something to do with why Katherine Rochester had turned pale at the sight of Lord Eward? Lady Gwendolyn rather hoped so.