"Dear, isn't that what your dowry's for?" Lady Gwendolyn asked, stirring sugar into her tea. "Your father hasn't cut off your pin money for refusing to marry Lord ____ has he?" What a truly frightening thought!
"Ooh, Sarah Siddons? My dear, you know I shall go if she's onstage. I must confess I prefer Eliza Farren, but one cannot always have comedies. Have you met Miss Farren? She has really taken the place of the Countess of Derby. Miss Farren turned out to be just as elegant and genteel offstage as she is on." She blew on her tea and sipped it. "Do you know what the play is about?"