Patience, who had privately thought so herself, smiled widely. "But fortune isn't everything, is it? I mean title and standing count for a large amount, and father has enough fortune to support a fleet of son-in-laws - not that I'm thinking so far ahead!"
"I wouldn't suggest it as a way of meeting eligible men though, Lady Gwendolyn. I feel the crime rate in London would rise dramatically with young ladies dawdling on street corers, purses out, waiting to be robbed."