"Lord Hawley, I do realize how this must look to you. The truth is-"

His brows drew together. "You didn't intend coming here to be my mistress, did you?"

"I did ... and I do have more suitable clothes."

"Perhaps. But the fact is you couldn't have worn worse ones."

"I'm offended you think so. As I said to you I may dress as a widow, it doesn't mean I am one underne-"

"I know what you said. What you said is beside the point when you agreed this ...