Lady Gwendolyn lifted a shoulder in a shrug, a rather Gallic move she had picked up in the sudden influx of French aristocrats into British society. "The Whig party is split on the issue. Burke keeps saying that it has all gone too far already and next thing we know, they will go the way of Oliver Cromwell and behead their monarch. I must confess I am more inclined to agree with Grey and Fox- as the people's party, we ought to give the benefit of the doubt to any cause that supports the rights of man. But, la! Enough politics!"
She helped herself to a tea cake. "You were at Vauxhall? How dreadfully exciting that must have been! Citizen Belmont seems to have made an impression on you, dear."