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    Kate reaches for her reticule, withdrawing a small leather-bound notebook. "I have compiled a list of my own"

    “A list of gentlemen?” Lady Danbury's voice climbs an octave

    “Of requirements. For a husband, that is”.

    “And what, pray, are the 'requirements' you seek in this hypothetical husband?”

    Kate looks at the notebook in her hands.

    “Tolerable. Dutiful. Decent manners. Steady enough income to support a small household. No gambling debts or illegitimate children. Not a brute in private. And ideally,” she says, lifting her eyes to meet Lady Danbury’s, “he must have the ability to hold a conversation without being a complete bore”. She finishes. At Lady Danbury’s silence, Kate shifts once more in her seat. Then adds: “That last part is not so much a requirement, but a preference.”

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    When The Sheffields withdraw their offer to provide Edwina’s dowry, Kate realizes she has no other option but to enter the marriage mart. For purely practical reasons.

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    15 Jan 2026