Although William Anjou's visit to the area had not been publicly announced in the newspapers, it seemed quite a few people knew about it. Shade was also curious about what exactly he had come for, but the young officer suddenly left the prince's side and headed toward the eastern side of the estate.
"What is it?"
Iluna, seated beside Shade, asked softly.
"Do you see that young girl over there? The one with the blue ribbon in her hair—she's the Linda Bennett I told you about."
Iluna glanced over and decided that the other girl was not as pretty as she was.
The Bennett Family had naturally also been invited to this wedding banquet. At the moment, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, like Miss Winslet, should have been inside the manor's hall speaking with the newlywed couple. As for their daughters, Shade had just seen the eldest, Jane Bennett, strolling beside the hedge at the edge of the courtyard with James Kaming.
Linda Bennett had always been the most beautiful of the sisters, and after specially putting on a goose-yellow formal gown for the banquet, she looked even lovelier.
She smiled and waved at York Bronte. The young officer casually plucked a flower from the nearby bushes and handed it to her, then walked with the girl, who was trying hard to appear reserved, down the path along the side of the manor toward the garden at the back.
Although Shade very much wanted to hear what William Anjou had said, he still followed them with Iluna. It's just that the estate was far too large, and tonight's banquet had opened nearly every area to the guests.
They could not follow too closely, so they carelessly lost track of the pair ahead. When they found them again behind a hedge wall