Delaney rang for Ms. Bird but didn't wait for her to get there before she began getting dressed. By the time her maid did arrive she was surprised to see her mistress waiting impatiently.
Ms. Bird could see the tension in the duchess and glanced quickly around the room, noticing Lord Adair was nowhere to be seen. Seeing the hint of redness still around Delaney's eyes from the night before the old maid was wise enough not to broach the subject of her absent husband.
Delaney dressed in a blue-green dress Vincent had ordered for her from the dressmaker the last time they were in the fishing village. Ms. Bird pinned a few pearls here and there throughout her hair but Delaney was impatient to be done.
The moment she was ready she rushed from her bedroom and into the hallway running right into Mason who was passing by.
"Well good morning to you too Lady Adair," he chuckled, "Where are you off to in such a hurry?"
