Elizabeth Von Arnim

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Arundel amuses Lady Droitwich’s daughter while the household dresses for dinner.
Rose finds her husband Frederick in the drawing-room; they reconcile passionately and are introduced at table to the stunned Briggs and the other guests.
Under the full moon the garden witnesses pairings, Scrap’s kindness to Briggs, and the scented bloom of acacias as San Salvatore’s enchantment completes the scene.