Delicious Gossip

<p><em>Psst... Have you heard the latest Regency era gossip? </em></p><p><em>It is absolutely delicious. And everyone loves a bit of delicious gossip.</em></p><p><em>Do they not? </em></p><p></p><p>Even when what people are saying is so far from true as to be ludicrous. </p><p>That is half the fun. </p><p>Is it not? </p><p>It is all a matter of perspective. After all if one is the subject of gossip one may not necessarily care for what is being said. </p><p></p><p>In these three tales there is something that brings the interconnected protagonists to the attention of the <em>ton</em>'s gossips. </p><ul><li>The pursuit of the famous singer Miss Elizabeth Stark by the war hero Hugo Finstrop Earl of Firstonbridge gives people something to talk about in <em>The Musician</em>. </li><li>When Lord Robert Handwick wagers that he can bring the antidote Miss Gwenyth Spencer into fashion tongues are soon wagging that he is grooming her to be his wife in <em>Protégé</em>. </li><li>When Lynton Stark Viscount St Clair and Lady Harold Ellison embark on <em>The Affair</em> they do everything they can to keep it a secret but when the couple falls in love as well as lust it seems no time at all before rumours start. </li></ul>