Freddy who is shy and not very clever, agrees to the fake betrothal and he and Kitty set out for London. Kitty leaves Miss Fishguard to keep house for a month. In London, Freddy's parents are shocked at his sudden appearance with a fiancee, and Lady Legerwood tells him that since the younger children all have measles, they cannot have Kitty to stay.
Freddy hits on the idea of taking her to stay with his sister Meg, who is married, and newly pregnant.. Meg's husband, Lord Buckhaven, has gone to China on a diplomatic mission and she is in need of a companion so she is happy to take Kitty in as her guest.
Meg, like Freddy, is not very clever but good natured and she and Kitty soon become friends. She has a flirtatious friendship with Jack Westruther who visits her often, and Kitty can see that he is annoyed at her engagement to Freddy and suspicous of it. She hopes that he will soon declare himself and she can marry him. She insists to Freddy that they should not announce the engagement except within the family.
Kitty begins to enjoy life, buying dresses, and starting to attend parties. She finds that Freddy and Meg and the Standens are a warm hearted friendly family unlike Uncle Matthew
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