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  The Viscount Who Misplaced His Reputation A Mills & Swoon Short   In the agreeable scandal factories of Georgian London, reputations were delicate objects—rather like porcelain teacups. One careless moment and they shattered upon the ground, echoing through the chattering classes the moment a delicious rumour appeared. Lord Alistair Hawthorne, Viscount Bellmere, had misplaced his entirely. This was not, to be clear, an accident. The trouble began on a Tuesday, which is a particularly dangerous day for respectable men. Sundays encourage virtue, Mondays encourage work, but by Tuesday mischief begins creeping in through the hidden door of fresh hopes.     On this particular Tuesday, the viscount was discovered emerging from the conservatory at Lady Pembroke’s garden party with Miss Eliza Fairleigh. Miss Fairleigh was not his fiancée. Miss Fairleigh was not even particularly known to him until approximately twenty minutes earlier. She was, however...

The Widow Who Borrowed Husbands In the polite districts of Bath there existed a woman whom respectable matrons referred to only in whispers. Mrs Arabella Devereaux. A widow of three years, excellent posture, alarming wit, and a reputation for borrowing husbands the way other ladies borrowed shawls. Not permanently, you understand. Just for an evening. Arabella herself considered the arrangement perfectly civilised. A husband, she reasoned, was a dreadful thing to own outright — expensive, noisy, and inclined to develop opinions. But borrowing one occasionally ? Delightful. Her system was admirably organised. Thursdays were reserved for supper companions. Saturdays for dancing partners. Sundays, naturally, for philosophical discussions about the nature of love, which most gentlemen agreed were best conducted near a sofa. The wives of Bath, however, were less appreciative of Arabella’s intellectual curiosity. “She is dangerous,” declared Mrs Hardwick at the Pump Room, clutching...