It wouldn't surprise you,gentle readers,to learn that Dermott Ramsay,the earl of Bathurst and favorite of all ladies,married or otherwise,has a new paramour.What may surprise you is her name.For she is none other than Isabella Leslie! The same beauty of the sizable inheritance who prefers not the ton but books,maps and the family shipping business.
You may wonder how a picture of innocence ended up in the arms of a libertine.Truth to tell,Isabella had to flee from her scheming relatives in the rain-soaked night and seek refuge in London's most infamous brothel.There,with the help of the madam,she decised an unorthodox plan to escape a dreaded marriage bed.She would simply have to become unmarriageable-even if it meant public ruin.Who better to utterly ruin her in a mere week than a handsome raake famous for his seductive skills?
Gossip has it the Dermott may be developing a tendre for his temporary mistress. It makes for the most delicious speculation,does it not? For if it indeed is the case,what will happen when their week of pleasure is over? We urge you,dear readers,to do as we do-follow the affair closely,and with every hope that it will turn into this Season's most delicious scandal.
You may wonder how a picture of innocence ended up in the arms of a libertine.Truth to tell,Isabella had to flee from her scheming relatives in the rain-soaked night and seek refuge in London's most infamous brothel.There,with the help of the madam,she decised an unorthodox plan to escape a dreaded marriage bed.She would simply have to become unmarriageable-even if it meant public ruin.Who better to utterly ruin her in a mere week than a handsome raake famous for his seductive skills?
Gossip has it the Dermott may be developing a tendre for his temporary mistress. It makes for the most delicious speculation,does it not? For if it indeed is the case,what will happen when their week of pleasure is over? We urge you,dear readers,to do as we do-follow the affair closely,and with every hope that it will turn into this Season's most delicious scandal.
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