C42 MARRIED TO THE DON

Proserpina

I moved away. A man in a formal black suit, obviously a manager, entered and informed Lucien that the guests had arrived.

I turned to Lucien in some confusion," Are you giving a party? Why?"

But he was already sweeping me out into the main banquet hall: despite his bad leg, trying to keep pace with him while I was in my revealing gown and unfamiliar stilettos