Chapter 12: Lord Hadley Appears in Bath by Coincidence

Lord Hadley arrived in Bath the following morning in a curricle of exceptional quality, which was itself a kind of social statement, and presented himself at the Pump Room at precisely the hour when the greatest number of persons of consequence would be present to witness his arrival—though nothing in his manner suggested this timing had required any calculation whatsoever.

"Miss Calloway." He found her at the eastern window with the unerring accuracy of a man who has located his destination before he has appeared to begin looking for it. His bow was easy, his smile entirely unguarded. "What extraordinary coincidence."

"Isn't it," said Petra.