![]() Lauren can converse on any topic, setting others at their ease is adept at needlework, sketching, singing, playing the pianoforte and myriad other accomplishments "expected of a lady of good ton (162) knows how to run a household and can put down the pretensions of any rude upstart with cool politeness. Someone just last week, though I can't for the life of me remember who, likened her to a marble statue, except that she came out the colder of the two" (18). ![]() If one were to search for the epitome of proper, genteel womanhood in the Regency ton, no one could serve better than the Honorable Lauren Edgeworth.* As a friend counsels Kit Butler, Viscount Ravensberg, "She is very high in the instep, Ravensberg. "I am adept at various kinds of needlework" says Lauren (162) ![]()
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