Now before she even touched British soil a gentleman of repute had asked for her.
Could she risk it?
Or leave off and deny her greatest wish?
She had been less than truthful, contrary to what the ton knew the Beaufort children were quite wealthy courtsey of their American grandfather whose only child had been their mother. The old man had disinherited her when she had married the barely managing duke of Armheast thinking him a fortune hunter. The rich mine owner thought all British society to be money grabers the reason why his granddaughters' fortunes were settled solely on them with no room for their future husbands. Caroline and her sister had been educated in bussiness and estate management. There was nothing about finance they did not know and had each managed to substantially increase their wealth. Their grandfather would control the principal until they were five and twenty but the rest they would do with as they wished. They already had more than they would spend in a lifetime but the old man's empire building had rubbed off all five of them.
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