Two days fled swiftly, and the morning of my tea party came.
As I busied myself with the final preparations, my mind whirled with the gossip circulating about me among both the nobility and common folk of the South.
Most of it was negative.
It had been two days since my meeting with the Duchess, yet her department's official announcement — clearing my foundation's name and offering a formal apology for the mistake — had not yet arrived.
I understood there was some bureaucratic tendencies surrounding the procedure.
But I had been impatient and desired a swifter action, which the Duchess agreed on, and relayed everything would be resolved today.
Since my charity foundation was renowned in the South, having it acquitted for embezzlement brought huge backlash.
The commoners, who had placed their trust in me, seethed with anger and disappointment.
Harper had done well to gauge the public opinion of the masses towards the matter, which comprised of mostly discontent.
